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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Fast; fasting
Meaning
Antaia ends her νηστείη in the glens of Eleusis at XLI.4. The noun belongs to the narrated search and its interruption, not to a direct command that the hymn’s present singers must fast. The printed Ionic spelling is reported against νηστείαν.
Places to read
- Hymn XLI · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
νηστείην
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XLI.4