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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- many-flowered
Meaning
Earth and the Horai are many-flowered, while Demeter’s many forms are themselves called πολυάνθεμοι (XL.17). The adjective thus attaches either to a goddess or to her manifestations. At XXVI.7 the adopted vocative πολυάνθεμε contrasts with reported πολυανθέσι, whose different form and attachment should remain visible.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVI · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πολυάνθεμε; πολυάνθεμοι
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XXVI.7; XL.17; XLIII.3