From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- spring; source
Meaning
Thalassa’s hymn uses πηγή for a spring teeming with the Nymphs’ streams (XXII.8). The Titans are instead “beginnings and springs” of mortals (XXXVII.4), where water-source language expresses generation. The two passages share the idea of an origin from which something issues, without making the Titans literal fountains.
Places to read
- Hymn XXII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πηγαὶ; πηγῆς
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXII.8; XXXVII.4