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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- leader of revels
Meaning
Dionysus is leader of κῶμοι at LII.7, amid sceptre-bearing and dance-mad epithets. The genitive specifies the gatherings or revel-processions he leads. The title connects divine leadership with collective celebration, without identifying the participants or reconstructing the route of a particular ceremony.
Places to read
- Hymn LII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἡγέτα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LII.7