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Euboulos, of good counsel — Εὔβουλος

Εὔβουλος

Euboulos

Plouton is addressed as Euboulos before the account concerning Demeter’s child (XVIII.12).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Euboulos, of good counsel

Meaning

Plouton is addressed as Euboulos before the account concerning Demeter’s child (XVIII.12). This name-form is related in sense to counsel but distinct in morphology from Εὐβουλεύς. Its local addressee is Plouton, not automatically every figure called Eubouleus elsewhere.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XVIII · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Εὔβουλ’

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XVIII.12

Lexical references

LSJ εὔβουλος (n43519)