From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Ourania; heavenly goddess or Muse
Meaning
At LV.1 Οὐρανίη is Aphrodite’s heavenly designation, and the goddess invoked beside Adonis in Prayer.41 is contextually the same Aphrodite. LXXVI.9 instead names Ourania among the Muses. The shared form therefore provides access to distinct referents; it does not identify the Muse with Aphrodite.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 41Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Οὐρανίη; Οὐρανίην
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. Prayer.41; LV.1; LXXVI.9