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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- To inhabit
Meaning
Hephaistos dwells in mortal bodies at LXVI.9. The fire-god’s presence is expressed through a habitation verb, extending the preceding language of houses, cities, and nations into the body itself. The line does not require a separate anatomical organ to be identified as his house.
Places to read
- Hymn LXVI · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
οἰκεῖς
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXVI.9