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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Vehicle; mount
Meaning
Aphrodite travels over the sea on swan-associated ὄχοι at LV.20. The Nereids’ ὄχοι at XXIV.4 belong with Tritons, backs, and animal-shaped forms, so “mounts” may keep the image less mechanically specific than “chariots.” At LV.20 the apparatus reports ὄχθοις, “ridges,” against the adopted vehicle-word.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὄχοις; ὄχοισιν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXIV.4; LV.20