From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Kokytos
Meaning
The river marks Hermes’s no-return road at LVII.1 and the place beside whose outpourings Meilinoe is born at LXXI.2. These are different narrative uses of the same underworld landmark: a route in one passage, a birthplace in the other.
Places to read
- Hymn LVII · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Κωκυτοῦ
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LVII.1; LXXI.2