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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Giant
Meaning
Athena is destroyer of the Phlegraian Giants (XXXII.12). The plural names her opponents and the local epithet identifies the setting of that martial achievement; it is not a general word for any unusually large being here.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXII · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Γιγάντων
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXII.12