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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- most excellent
Meaning
Kronos and Law are addressed as most excellent (XIII.9; LXIV.13), while Herakles is Earth's most excellent growth or offspring (XII.9). This is a superlative adjective, not a participle of φέρω. The praise attaches to the addressee or offspring named in each construction.
Places to read
- Hymn XII · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φέριστε; φέριστον
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XII.9; XIII.9; LXIV.13