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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- begetting, offspring
Meaning
Zeus’s unspeakable begettings produce the maiden in the Persephone hymn (XXIX.7), so the plural refers to generation. In II.13 the birth-helper is asked to grant offspring, shifting attention to the successful issue. The same noun can identify either producing life or what is produced.
Places to read
- Hymn II · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
γοναῖς; γονὰς
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. II.13; XXIX.7