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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Bean
Meaning
The Earth rubric, XXVI.rubric, prescribes every seed except beans and aromatics. κυάμων is governed by the exclusion πλὴν: this is an explicit exception to that offering prescription, not a verse statement about beans or a general dietary rule for all worshippers.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVI · Incense rubricRead the word in its hymn.
Heading and incense rubric evidence
κυάμων · XXVI.rubric. θυμίαμα πᾶν σπέρμα πλὴν κυάμων καὶ ἀρωμάτων
Local sense
beans explicitly excluded from the Earth prescription