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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- giver of gentle relief
Meaning
The Prayer invokes Asclepius as a great king and ἠπιοδώτης at Prayer.37. The agent noun presents beneficent giving as his activity. Compare the related adjective ἠπιόδωρος in his own hymn, where the requested gift is explicitly health.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 37Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἠπιοδώτην
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. Prayer.37