Explained vocabulary

Newly initiated — νεόμυστος

νεόμυστος

neomystos

The Horai are summoned to rites for νεόμυστοι at XLIII.10.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Newly initiated

Meaning

The Horai are summoned to rites for νεόμυστοι at XLIII.10. The dative νεομύστοις identifies the new initiates as beneficiaries. The reported accusative νεομύστους would alter the construction, so the printed dative should not be treated as an incidental spelling choice.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XLIII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

νεομύστοις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XLIII.10

Consequential readings

AV068_05

Lexical references

LSJ n70317 (n70317)