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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- play-loving
Meaning
The Nymphs delight in play (LI.14), while Pan's song is playful as it sounds the cosmos's harmony (XI.6). The latter adjective belongs to the song, not to a newly named class of worshippers. Playfulness can therefore characterize an activity as well as its divine participants.
Places to read
- Hymn XI · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φιλοπαίγμονες; φιλοπαίγμονι
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XI.6; LI.14