From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- loving nurture
Meaning
Prothyraia delights in nurture at II.5. The compound connects her childbirth-protecting role with the sustaining care of what is born. The printed φιλοτρόφε retains its supplied accent in the form inventory, rather than being silently regularized from a dictionary key.
Places to read
- Hymn II · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φιλοτρόφε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. II.5