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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- purifying; concerned with purity
Meaning
Demeter is ἁγνοπόλος in the narrative of Pluto taking her daughter (XVIII.12). The compound presents her in an active relationship to purity or purification. It should remain distinguishable from ἁγνός, which directly attributes pure or holy character, and from ἅγνισμα, a means of purification.
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἁγνοπόλου
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XVIII.12