From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- sleep-giving
Meaning
The sleep-giving object at LVII.8 is Hermes's rod. The feminine dative ὑπνοδώτιδι agrees with that rod, not with a newly introduced goddess of sleep. Its force leads directly into the contrast between enchanting sleepers and waking them in the following line.
Places to read
- Hymn LVII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὑπνοδώτιδι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LVII.8