From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- shoot, scion, offspring
Meaning
Protogonos is an all-shining shoot (VI.5), and Dionysos is a beloved shoot of Nymphs and Aphrodite or a hidden shoot of Zeus (XLVI.3; LII.5). Adonis is a shoot of desire (LVI.8). The plant metaphor expresses emergence or affiliation, with each genitive determining a different relation.
Places to read
- Hymn VI · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἔρνος
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. VI.5; XLVI.3; LII.5; LVI.8