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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Sole-born; unique in birth, feminine form
Meaning
Persephone is μουνογένεια at XXIX.2. The feminine formation gives a distinctive birth or origin epithet, not a statement that she herself will have no children. It is related to μονογενής but keeps its own printed form and access entry.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIX · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μουνογένεια
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXIX.2