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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- varied; assorted
Meaning
The rubrics for Pan and the Mother prescribe ποικίλα as the fumigation offering (XI.rubric; XXVII.rubric). The neuter plural signals variety but does not enumerate materials. It licenses an assorted prescription in the text, not a reconstructed recipe with quantities or ingredients supplied from elsewhere.
Places to read
- Hymn XI · Incense rubricRead the word in its hymn.
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ποικίλα · XI.rubric. θυμίαμα ποικίλα
ποικίλα · XXVII.rubric. θυμίαμα ποικίλα
Local sense
a varied offering prescription, with materials unspecified