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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordΚλησίη is preserved here as an attested-form access headword.
- In the Orphic HymnsAt XXXVI.7 the epithet stands beside “kindly met,” “releasing,” and “male-formed.” Its place in this sequence connects the called-upon goddess with the welcome and help sought from her.
- TranslationThe apparatus attributes κλησίη to Abel against κλησία.
- A place to readRead the epithet with the adjacent welcome and deliverance terms and the hymn’s opening and closing appeals.
- English renderings
- of summons or invocation
Meaning
Κλησίη is preserved here as an attested-form access headword. It is a feminine epithet used directly of Artemis, and a relation to summons or invocation offers a useful orientation. The exact printed form is more secure than a reconstructed masculine dictionary form; no masculine κλήσιος, a form not printed here, is required for the reader to find it.
Use in the book
At XXXVI.7 the epithet stands beside “kindly met,” “releasing,” and “male-formed.” Its place in this sequence connects the called-upon goddess with the welcome and help sought from her. The hymn opens by asking her to hear and closes by asking her to come as saviour, bringing fruits, peace, and health. Thus invocation is not merely a name applied in the abstract: it is the relationship enacted by the surrounding prayer.
Still, the compact epithet does not specify a particular summons-ceremony or prove a technical office of Artemis. The neighbouring words provide a contextual direction, not a complete definition of how or when she must respond.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVI · Line 7Read the epithet with the adjacent welcome and deliverance terms and the hymn’s opening and closing appeals.
Translation
The apparatus attributes κλησίη to Abel against κλησία. The change concerns the printed feminine form; it does not independently verify a masculine lemma. The English “of the summons” is an interpretive orientation and should not be treated as morphological evidence for a masculine paradigm not independently established by this passage or the consulted lexical evidence.
Attested forms
κλησίη
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXVI.7