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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Notos; the South Wind
Meaning
The genitive ΝΟΤΟΥ in LXXXII.heading names the South Wind as recipient. The verse invokes a moist, rain-generating wind without repeating the name, so the heading is essential to identifying the direction as well as the weather described.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXII · HeadingRead the word in its hymn.
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΝΟΤΟΥ · LXXXII.heading. LXXXII. ΝΟΤΟΥ
Local sense
Notos as the hymn's divine recipient