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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Bed; bridal union
Meaning
Persephone is made a bride in an autumnal “bed of ravishment” at XXIX.14. The plural λέχη carries the marriage or sexual-union image, while ἁρπαγιμαῖα supplies the crucial force of seizure. The violence is therefore a contextual qualification, not the ordinary meaning of every bed-word.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIX · Line 14Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λέχη
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXIX.14