Explained vocabulary

Lyaios — Λυαῖος

Λυαῖος

Lyaios

Ares is asked to incline towards Kypris’s desire and Lyaios’s revels at LXV.7.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Lyaios; Dionysos as releaser

Meaning

Ares is asked to incline towards Kypris’s desire and Lyaios’s revels at LXV.7. The releasing name identifies Dionysos within a turn away from war. The apparatus attributes Λυαίου to Lennep against λυαίους; the adopted genitive makes the revels belong to the named god.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXV · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Λυαίου

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXV.7

Consequential readings

AV099_06

Lexical references

LSJ n64003 (n64003)