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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- associated with seizure; abducted
Meaning
Persephone is wedded in autumnal marriage-beds marked by seizure at XXIX.14. The neuter plural ἁρπαγιμαῖα agrees with λέχη, describing the character of the marriage setting rather than naming an abductor. The unusual adjective keeps coercive taking present within the nuptial language.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIX · Line 14Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἁρπαγιμαῖα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXIX.14