Explained vocabulary

Loving revelry — φιλόκωμος

φιλόκωμος

philokōmos

Dikaiosyne is fond of revel or festive company at LXIII.8.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
loving revelry

Meaning

Dikaiosyne is fond of revel or festive company at LXIII.8. The joyful epithet belongs inside her ethical praise, not only in invocations of Dionysos. Its presence cautions against treating all revel-language as the exclusive property of one divine figure.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXIII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

φιλόκωμ’

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXIII.8

Lexical references

LSJ φιλόκωμος (n111268)