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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Middle; central
Meaning
The Mother holds the cosmos’s middle throne at XXVII.5, and Hestia holds the middle house of everlasting fire at LXXXIV.2. μέσος locates the throne or house centrally in each image. The two uses should be compared without assuming that the source has drawn a single architectural plan joining them.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVII · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μέσον
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXVII.5; LXXXIV.2