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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- pour
Meaning
The Nymphs pour health-giving water in growth-promoting seasons at LI.18. Their plural address favours understanding the elided χέουσ’ as χέουσαι. Preserve the printed elision rather than silently replacing it with a full singular-looking form and changing the subject.
Places to read
- Hymn LI · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
χέουσ’
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LI.18