Explained vocabulary

Nine — ἐννέα

ἐννέα

ennea

Nine identifies the Muses named across the Prayer’s line break (Prayer.17–18).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
nine

Meaning

Nine identifies the Muses named across the Prayer’s line break (Prayer.17–18). The numeral belongs to that group, not to the Charites or Horae that follow it.

Places to read

  1. Prayer to Musaeus · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐννέα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. Prayer.18

Lexical references

LSJ ἐννέᾰ (n35769)