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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- delighting in divine inspiration
Meaning
Pan receives this epithet twice, and Athena once (XI.5,21; XXXII.11). Its relation to inspired or divinely possessed states is more specific than a modern description such as religious. The surrounding frenzy and divine energy matter, while the nominative and vocative source forms remain distinct grammatical addresses to the gods.
Places to read
- Hymn XI · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φιλένθεε; φιλένθεος
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XI.5; XI.21; XXXII.11