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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- bloody
Meaning
Korybas is φοίνιον at XXXIX.6, immediately described as bloodied by two brothers. The adjective reinforces the blood imagery but does not independently state that he was killed. The surrounding participle and narrative language must bear any fuller interpretation.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXIX · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φοίνιον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXIX.6