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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Leto
Meaning
Leto is fair-tressed in Prayer.19 and dark-robed, august, and mother of twins at XXXV.1. The name supplies the identity to which those descriptions belong. The unusual vocative Λητοῖ printed in the hymn is attributed to Hermann against reported λητώ; the heading’s ΛΗΤΟΥΣ is a genitive naming her as recipient.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 19Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Λητοῖ; Λητώ
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. Prayer.19; XXXV.1
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΛΗΤΟΥΣ · XXXV.heading. XXXV. ΛΗΤΟΥΣ
Local sense
Leto as the hymn's divine recipient