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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- frenzy-loving or frenzy-bringing
Meaning
The Mother and Artemis receive the frenzy-loving epithet (XXVII.13; XXXVI.5). Athena's use at XXXII.9 is sharper: frenzy for the bad is opposed to understanding for the good. That contrast can give the adjective an active effect on its beneficiaries, which a uniform gloss fond of frenzy would obscure.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVII · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φίλοιστρε
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XXVII.13; XXXII.9; XXXVI.5