From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Victory; Nike
Meaning
Nike is invoked as a powerful goddess desired by mortals in XXXIII.1 and as sweet-spoken in the Prayer. Her hymn links victory with the end of contest and with festivity. The appended Ares hymn calls Ares her father, a relation that belongs specifically to that additional text rather than to every occurrence of the name.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 36Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Νίκῃ; Νίκην; Νίκης
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. Prayer.36; XXXIII.1; XXXIII.7; LXXXVIII.4
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΝΙΚΗΣ · XXXIII.heading. XXXIII. ΝΙΚΗΣ
Local sense
Victory as the hymn's divine recipient