From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- rejoice, be glad
Meaning
The birth-helper rejoices in household festivities and easy deliveries (II.6, II.8); other gods are invited with joyful hearts or faces, as Protogonos in VI.10 and Palaimon in LXXV.4. At dawn all mortals and other creatures rejoice (LXXVIII.10). Perfect forms such as γέγηθας express a present state of gladness; they need not refer to a completed past celebration.
Places to read
- Hymn II · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
γέγηθας; γεγηθυίαις; γεγηθὼς; γήθει; γήθοντα; γήθουσα
Occurrence inventory
9 in total. II.6; II.8; VI.10; XVI.10; XLVII.6; XLIX.7; LV.16; LXXV.4; LXXVIII.10
Other access forms
γήθω