From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- beneath Earth
Meaning
Plouton's dwelling is beneath Earth at XVIII.1. The Prayer also invokes deities below Earth alongside chthonic and fire-ranging groups (Prayer.33). Those adjacent descriptions are worth preserving, but their wording alone does not establish a rigid taxonomy of divine ranks.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 33Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὑποχθόνιον; ὑποχθονίους
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. Prayer.33; XVIII.1