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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Meilinoe
Meaning
The printed name Μειλινόη identifies the chthonic, saffron-robed nymph invoked at LXXI.1 and in the heading. The apparatus attributes Μειλινόην to Lobeck against μηλινόην. Preserve the edition’s spelling rather than silently replacing it with the familiar Melinoe form; spelling access should not obscure the difficult birth and apparition narrative attached to this figure.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXI · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Μειλινόην
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXI.1
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΜΕΙΛΙΝΟΗΣ · LXXI.heading. LXXI. ΜΕΙΛΙΝΟΗΣ
Local sense
Meilinoe, preserving the supplied spelling