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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- fruitful, rich in fruit
Meaning
Bakchos is fruitful while making gladdening fruit grow (L.4). The Horae bring fruitful seasonal generations (XLIII.11). The adjective qualifies a productive deity in the first passage and the results of seasonal action in the second.
Places to read
- Hymn XLIII · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
εὔκαρπος; εὐκάρπους
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XLIII.11; L.4