Explained vocabulary

Testimony — μαρτυρία

μαρτυρία

martyria

The speaker lays μαρτυρίη before Zeus together with prayer at XV.2, calling it releasing or delivering.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Testimony; attestation

Meaning

The speaker lays μαρτυρίη before Zeus together with prayer at XV.2, calling it releasing or delivering. The supplied English line does not fully express this noun and its adjective, so the Greek is needed to recover the two things presented. Its Ionic ending is editorially reported against μαρτυρίαν; the verse itself leaves the precise content and intended release unstated.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XV · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

μαρτυρίην

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XV.2

Lexical references

LSJ n65088 (n65088)