From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- well-girdled
Meaning
The foster-mothers accompanying Dionysos or Silenos are well-girdled (XXX.9; LIII.6; LIV.5). The repeated feminine clothing description should be read in that company, not assigned a later military sense of light-armed troops.
Places to read
- Hymn XXX · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
εὐζώνοισι; ἐυζώνοισι
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XXX.9; LIII.6; LIV.5