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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Wearing a mitra; headband-wearing
Meaning
Dionysos is μιτρηφόρος at LII.4 beside night-language, Eubouleus, and thyrsos-shaking. The compound describes something worn on the head; “headband” is an accessible orientation without pretending that the verse supplies its material, shape, or a complete costume.
Places to read
- Hymn LII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μιτρηφόρε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LII.4