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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Ship
Meaning
Ships need preserved courses, rescue from storms, and favourable winds in the Poseidon, sea-goddess, Leukothea, Palaimon, and Zephyr hymns. The language alternates between a good-running course and an unsteady sea-going rush, making travel’s uncertainty concrete. Ionic νηυσί and νηῶν belong to ναῦς; the similar νηῷ at XLII.5 means a temple and must not be included here.
Places to read
- Hymn XVII · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
νηυσὶ; νηυσὶν; νηῶν
Occurrence inventory
7 in total. XVII.9; XXII.6; XXII.10; LXXIV.5; LXXIV.9; LXXV.6; LXXXI.4