From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Woman in labour; woman in childbed
Meaning
Women in labour call on Prothyraia at II.10, and she is their sweet sight at II.2. The forms λεχοί and λεχῶν name the women themselves, not their beds or infants. Their need for relief explains the hymn’s direct appeal to a helper in childbirth.
Places to read
- Hymn II · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λεχοί; λεχῶν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. II.2; II.10