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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Temple
Meaning
At XLII.5 the addressed divinity may delight in Eleusis’s fragrant, smoking νηός. The dative νηῷ is an Ionic form of ναός, not a form of ναῦς, “ship.” The smoke belongs to the temple’s sacred atmosphere, without specifying every offering performed there.
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- Hymn XLII · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
νηῷ
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XLII.5