From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- marshals; orderers
Meaning
The Curetes are orderers or marshals at XXXI.4 beside weapon-bearers and guardians. Their ordering role fits an armed company and its coordinated activity. The noun does not by itself prove that the singers held a civic magistracy with this title.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXI · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
κοσμήτορες
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXI.4