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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Female deliverer
Meaning
Rheia at XIV.8 and Artemis at XXXVI.7 are addressed as λυτηριάς. The former places it beside “saviour,” the latter beside gracious encounter and male form. The word names a releasing power without itself identifying the particular bonds or troubles removed. At XXXVI.7 λυτηρία is the reported alternative to the printed formation.
Places to read
- Hymn XIV · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λυτηριάς
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XIV.8; XXXVI.7