From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- prosperous; richly blessed
Meaning
The adjective follows the object receiving good fortune. Possessions are prosperous under Rhea and Tyche; seasons are favourable in prayers to Nature, Earth, and Athena; a whole life is blessed when its good conclusion or flourishing old age is requested. It therefore reaches beyond material wealth without making wealth irrelevant. At XIII.10 the adopted genitive qualifies life, whereas the apparatus reports an accusative that would attach prosperity to its end.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 29Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
εὐόλβοις; εὐόλβοισιν; εὐόλβου; εὐόλβῳ
Occurrence inventory
9 in total. X.29; XIII.10; XIV.13; XXV.11; XXVI.11; XXIX.19; XXXII.17; LXXII.2; LXXII.10