From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- House; dwelling
Meaning
οἶκος ranges from human homes receiving protection or wealth to Tartarean dwellings of the Titans. Ouranos and Hestia are themselves addressed as a “house of blessed gods,” making habitation a divine image, not only a building occupied by someone else. At LXXXIV.5 the printed οἶκε is attributed to Dorville against οἳ καί, so that explicit house-address is textually consequential.
Places to read
- Hymn II · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
οἶκε; οἴκοις; οἴκοισι; οἶκον; οἴκους
Occurrence inventory
8 in total. II.6; IV.4; XXXVII.3; XXXVII.8; LXVI.8; LXXIII.4; LXXXIV.2; LXXXIV.5