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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- rocky
Meaning
Leto bore Apollo on rocky Delos at XXXV.5, opposed in the sentence to Artemis’ birth in Ortygia. The adjective gives the birthplace a physical landscape quality. It does not state that the island is barren in every season or supply a geological explanation.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXV · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
κραναῇ
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXV.5