From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- beautiful-haired
Meaning
Dionysus is beautiful-haired at L.7, beside his role as a grief-dispelling joy for mortals. The vocative supplies an attractive visual quality of the addressed god. It need not refer to a specific hairstyle or to a ritual act involving human hair.
Places to read
- Hymn L · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
καλλιέθειρε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. L.7