From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Torch-bearing; equipped with torches
Meaning
Demeter is λαμπαδόεσσα at XL.11, where holiness and delight in summer sickles follow. The torch image and agricultural implement stand beside one another; the adjective does not narrate a particular torch-bearing ceremony or search.
Places to read
- Hymn XL · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λαμπαδόεσσ’
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XL.11