From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- female leader; guide
Meaning
Hecate, Nature, and Artemis are called female leaders. In the Tyche hymn the title accompanies the named Artemis at LXXII.3; in Hecate’s invocation it stands among the goddess’s other activities. The feminine noun marks an active guiding figure but does not specify a human office or a fixed processional role.
Places to read
- Hymn I · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἡγεμόνη; ἡγεμόνην
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. I.8; X.12; LXXII.3