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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Mene; the Moon
Meaning
Mene is named through her sacred radiance in Prayer.4 and twice addressed in the lunar hymn, IX.2–3, as bull-horned and fair-starred. This is the Moon invoked as Selene, not the male Men of Prayer.40. The forms Μήνη and Μήνης belong to the same feminine name.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Μήνη; Μήνης
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. Prayer.4; IX.2; IX.3