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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- 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
- 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