Explained vocabulary

Huntress — κυνηγέτις

κυνηγέτις

kynēgetis

Artemis is directly addressed as κυνηγέτι at XXXVI.5.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Huntress

Meaning

Artemis is directly addressed as κυνηγέτι at XXXVI.5. The feminine agent noun names her hunting activity within a sequence that also calls her a releaser of girdles and cares; the hymn does not confine her assistance to the hunt.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXVI · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

κυνηγέτι

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXVI.5

Lexical references

LSJ n60845 (n60845)