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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- bed-shunning
Meaning
Athena shuns the marriage bed at XXXII.8. The compound specifies the bed as what is avoided. It should not be expanded into rejection of every kind of companionship or into a complete theory of the goddess's relationships.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φυγόλεκτρε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXII.8