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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Of childbirth; Lochia
Meaning
Artemis is λοχείη at XXXVI.3, alongside torch-bearing and the name Diktynna. The feminine title marks her relation to childbed, a function developed by the release language elsewhere in the hymn. The edition’s Ionic form is retained, with λοχεία reported in the apparatus; the dictionary headword is an access aid, not a correction of the verse.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVI · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λοχείη
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXVI.3