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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Ship-speeding
Meaning
Leukothea brings a ναυσίδρομος fair wind to initiates at sea in LXXIV.10. The adjective qualifies the wind, explaining its practical benefit: it advances ships on their voyage. The initiates’ presence does not make the nautical request merely metaphorical.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXIV · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ναυσίδρομον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXIV.10