Explained vocabulary

Guide — ὁδηγητήρ

ὁδηγητήρ

hodēgētēr

Antaia obtains Dysaules’s holy child as ὁδηγητήρ at XLI.6.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Guide

Meaning

Antaia obtains Dysaules’s holy child as ὁδηγητήρ at XLI.6. The accusative names the role in which the child assists her, then the next line adds his revealing function. Guidance and disclosure are linked but remain separately expressed.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XLI · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ὁδηγητῆρα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XLI.6

Consequential readings

AV066_06

Lexical references

LSJ n72022 (n72022)