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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- bearing ripe seasonal fruit
Meaning
Adonis's body is ὡριόκαρπον as it is brought back toward Olympos at LVI.11. The compound joins ripeness with seasonable fruit, locating the benefit in the described returning body. It differs from a general claim that the god is always present in one realm.
Places to read
- Hymn LVI · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὡριόκαρπον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LVI.11