Explained vocabulary

Young — νέος

νέος

neos

Themis is Gaia’s young shoot, Palaimon has a youthful face, and Selene saves new suppliants.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Young; new

Meaning

Themis is Gaia’s young shoot, Palaimon has a youthful face, and Selene saves new suppliants. These local nouns decide whether youth or recentness is emphasized. At IX.12 νέους is the adopted reading against τεούς, “your”; it does not independently say “newly initiated,” even if the surrounding worship makes that interpretation attractive.

Places to read

  1. Hymn IX · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

νέον; νέους; νέῳ

Occurrence inventory

3 in total. IX.12; LXXV.4; LXXIX.2

Consequential readings

AV005_01; AV017_05

Lexical references

LSJ n70364 (n70364)