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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Carrying a fennel-stalk staff
Meaning
Dionysos is ναρθηκοφόρος at XLII.1. The compound names the carried narthex or fennel-stalk staff, alongside his law-bringing description. It marks a divine attribute without itself giving the staff’s decoration or a rule for how worshippers must hold it.
Places to read
- Hymn XLII · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ναρθηκοφόρον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XLII.1