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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Of Nysa
Meaning
The nymphs are Νυσαῖαι at LI.15, together with frenzied, healing, and spring-delighting descriptions. The place-association suits their Dionysiac company without the verse locating a single geographically certain Nysa. The apparatus reports νύσσιαι against the adopted Νυσαῖαι.
Places to read
- Hymn LI · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Νυσαῖαι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LI.15