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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- held in the bosom or lap
Meaning
Dionysos is ὑποκόλπιε at LII.11. The epithet places him within a bosom or lap, with possible associations of robe-fold and sheltered nurture. Its range should not be narrowed into one uniquely specified birth story when the line does not name that story's agent.
Places to read
- Hymn LII · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὑποκόλπιε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LII.11