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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Nereid
Meaning
The genitive plural in XXIV.heading names the Nereids as the hymn’s recipients. The verse itself invokes them as nymphs of Nereus and fifty maidens, so the heading’s family-name and the verse’s relational description provide complementary access to the same group.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIV · HeadingRead the word in its hymn.
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΝΗΡΗΙΔΩΝ · XXIV.heading. XXIV. ΝΗΡΗΙΔΩΝ
Local sense
Nereids collectively addressed