Explained vocabulary

Boon — ὄνειαρ

ὄνειαρ

oneiar

The Prayer invokes the great ὄνειαρ of Justice and Piety at Prayer.14.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Boon; benefit

Meaning

The Prayer invokes the great ὄνειαρ of Justice and Piety at Prayer.14. The noun makes the good arising from those powers an object of invocation, rather than merely adding another personal divine name to the list.

Places to read

  1. Prayer to Musaeus · Line 14Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ὄνειαρ

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. Prayer.14

Lexical references

LSJ n74002 (n74002)