Explained vocabulary

Fair-starred — εὐάστερος

εὐάστερος

euasteros

Mene is fair-starred both in her opening titles and the invitation to come with her radiance (IX.3, IX.11).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
fair-starred

Meaning

Mene is fair-starred both in her opening titles and the invitation to come with her radiance (IX.3, IX.11). The word belongs to the star vocabulary, not the euhoi-cry family represented by εὐάστειρα and εὐαστήρ.

Places to read

  1. Hymn IX · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

εὐάστερε

Occurrence inventory

2 in total. IX.3; IX.11

Lexical references

LSJ εὐάστερος (n43476)