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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Child; son or daughter
Meaning
παῖς names Demeter’s daughter taken by Plouton at XVIII.12 and Dysaules’s son obtained as a guide at XLI.6. The noun itself can refer to either sex; the familial and narrative context identifies the person. Translating both mechanically as “boy” would misread the first.
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
παῖδα
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XVIII.12; XLI.6