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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- milk
Meaning
Milk is prescribed as a libation in the rubric to Amphietes (LIII.rubric), alongside an incense direction. This is an offering instruction outside the verse, not a metaphor for nourishment in the hymn.
Places to read
- Hymn LIII · Incense rubricRead the word in its hymn.
Heading and incense rubric evidence
γάλα · LIII.rubric. θυμίαμα πάντα πλὴν λιβάνου, καὶ σπένδε γάλα
Local sense
milk prescribed for the libation to Amphietes