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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Dead person; the dead
Meaning
Hekate revels among the souls of νεκύες at I.3. The genitive plural identifies whose souls accompany her. It is not a word for corpses being physically carried in a procession, and the distinction between the dead persons and their souls remains expressed.
Places to read
- Hymn I · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
νεκύων
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. I.3