From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- leader; guiding power
Meaning
The opening of LXXIII invokes an awesome leading daimon and immediately identifies the recipient as Zeus. The adopted phrase includes the infinitive πελάσαι, asking the leader to draw near. The apparatus reports μεγαλανηγήτορα instead of this two-word construction; its formation is not secure enough to reconstruct a new title confidently.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXIII · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἡγήτορα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXIII.1