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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- healer
Meaning
Asclepius is the healer of all in the opening of LXVII. The printed Ionic ἰητήρ is the agent noun accessed as ἰατήρ. Its nominative is used in address alongside the vocative name Asclepius; the variation does not introduce a second healer or a new speaker.
Places to read
- Hymn LXVII · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Ἰητὴρ
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXVII.1