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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Nereus
Meaning
Nereus is addressed amid dances of his fair children at XXIII.3, and XXIV.1 calls the invoked sea nymphs his own. The name thereby links the neighbouring hymns through the paternal relation without merging their separate divine recipients.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Νηρέος; Νηρεῦ
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXIII.3; XXIV.1
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΝΗΡΕΩΣ · XXIII.heading. XXIII. ΝΗΡΕΩΣ
Local sense
Nereus as the hymn's divine recipient