From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- except; apart from
Meaning
The offering rubrics use πλήν to impose real exclusions: Earth’s prescription excludes beans and aromatics from its seed offering, while Amphietes’ excludes frankincense (XXVI.rubric; LIII.rubric). The word governs the named exceptions. An expansive “all” earlier in each rubric therefore cannot be read as cancelling the restriction.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVI · Incense rubricRead the word in its hymn.
Heading and incense rubric evidence
πλὴν · XXVI.rubric. θυμίαμα πᾶν σπέρμα πλὴν κυάμων καὶ ἀρωμάτων
πλὴν · LIII.rubric. θυμίαμα πάντα πλὴν λιβάνου, καὶ σπένδε γάλα
Local sense
marks exceptions within the Earth and Amphietes prescriptions