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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Lion, epic noun
Meaning
Rheia’s bull-slaying lion draws her sacred-wheeled chariot at XIV.2. λῖς is an epic noun for the animal, distinct in form from λέων; its singular also differs from the plural team of lions in XXVII.3.
Places to read
- Hymn XIV · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λῖς
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XIV.2