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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- having watery paths
Meaning
The compound applies to sea and Oceanus, Clouds, Nereids and Nymphs, and even the moist air affected by Boreas. Watery courses are the shared image, but not every bearer is a sea deity. In the Clouds hymn the adopted ὑγρο- wording must be distinguished from the reported alternative rather than silently treated as unquestioned transmission.
Places to read
- Hymn XXI · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὑγροκέλευθε; ὑγροκέλευθοι; ὑγροκελεύθου
Occurrence inventory
6 in total. XXI.3; XXII.6; XXIV.2; LI.14; LXXX.3; LXXXIII.7