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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- ivy-bearing
Meaning
The Bacchants led by Silenus carry ivy at LIV.6. The adjective agrees with the women in the following company, not with Silenus alone. The apparatus’s κιττοφόροισι is a dialectal spelling of the ivy compound, not a different plant or a separate kind of Bacchant.
Places to read
- Hymn LIV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
κισσοφόροισι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LIV.6