From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Wine-giver
Meaning
Bakchos is μεθυδώτης at XLVII.1. The compound makes the gift of wine a beneficent aspect of the god called pillar-encircling; it identifies what he supplies rather than stating that every use of wine in the collection belongs to this hymn.
Places to read
- Hymn XLVII · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μεθυδώτην
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XLVII.1