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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Leukothea
Meaning
Prayer.35 joins the name with Ino, while LXXIV.1 invokes Leukothea as Kadmos’s daughter and an august daimon. These identifications anchor the sea-saving figure addressed in her hymn. The heading’s genitive names the recipient; it is not a separate character from the accusative Λευκοθέην of the invocation.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 35Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Λευκοθέην
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. Prayer.35; LXXIV.1
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΛΕΥΚΟΘΕΑΣ · LXXIV.heading. LXXIV. ΛΕΥΚΟΘΕΑΣ
Local sense
Leukothea as the hymn's divine recipient