From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Raving; frenzied
Meaning
μαινόλα addresses Dionysos in XLV.4 and LII.1, combining frenzy with other names and with the blessedness of the invoked god. The apparatus reports μανικέ against the printed form at both places, although the XLV apparatus wording has an acknowledged restoration in the supplied evidence. The word’s ecstatic force is clearer than any reconstruction of a particular ritual behaviour.
Places to read
- Hymn XLV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μαινόλα
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XLV.4; LII.1