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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Gorgon-slaying
Meaning
Athena’s epithet names victory over the Gorgon (XXXII.8). It stands beside her avoidance of marriage and motherhood of the arts, placing a martial achievement within a deliberately varied portrait of her powers.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Γοργοφόνος
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXII.8