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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- people, nation
Meaning
Hephaistos holds every house, every city and all peoples (LXVI.8). The plural expands the scale of his reach from the household through civic life to larger human collectives.
Places to read
- Hymn LXVI · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἔθνεα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXVI.8