From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- interpreter of sacred signs
Meaning
Themis is ἱεροσκόπος for human beings in Prayer.23. The compound places her in a relation to the inspection or interpretation of sacred, especially sacrificial, signs. Her own hymn’s oracular activity helps contextualize that role, but this epithet does not identify a human priestly office held by Themis.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 23Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἱεροσκόπον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. Prayer.23