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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- traditional epithet of Hermes, meaning uncertain
Meaning
Hermes is ἐριούνιος beside blessed and intricate-speaking titles (XXVIII.8). The edition renders it luck-bringing, a useful interpretive gloss rather than a settled derivation. The surrounding verse does not resolve the traditional epithet’s uncertain exact meaning.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVIII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐριούνιε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXVIII.8