From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- bloody; stain with blood
Meaning
The Korybas is αἱμαχθέντα, bloodied by two brothers, at XXXIX.6. The passive participle makes him the affected person, and ὑπὸ δισσῶν identifies the brothers as agents. Reversing the direction into “he shed his brothers' blood” would change the narrative rather than translate it.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXIX · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αἱμαχθέντα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXIX.6