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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Epaphios, Dionysian title
Meaning
Dionysos is called Epaphios both as a joy to mortals (L.7) and as an earth-breaking, fiery youth of two mothers (LII.9). The repeated title securely identifies the addressed god, but these lines do not settle its derivation or an exact relationship to the name Epaphos.
Places to read
- Hymn L · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐπάφιε
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. L.7; LII.9