Explained vocabulary

Megaira — Μέγαιρα

Μέγαιρα

Megaira

Megaira is named with Tisiphone and Allekto at LXIX.2.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Megaira

Meaning

Megaira is named with Tisiphone and Allekto at LXIX.2. The adjective “divine” qualifies her in the invocation; the line identifies members of the addressed group without separately narrating Megaira’s function.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

Μέγαιρα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXIX.2