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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- youth; Hebe
Meaning
The Prayer names Hebe among divine recipients. Elsewhere the noun denotes the valued bloom of youth: LX.8 places it among life’s advantages, while appended Ares asks the giver of confident youth for help. The proper name and the human condition remain connected in meaning without every mention of youth becoming an invocation of Hebe.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Ἥβη; ἥβης
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. Prayer.13; LX.8; LXXXVIII.9