From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- rich in flowers
Meaning
The Nymphs are πολυανθεῖς beside their manifest and unseen appearances and their glen-dwelling character (LI.7). The -ανθής formation is distinct from πολυάνθεμος despite their overlapping flower-sense. The apparatus reports πολύανθοι, another related formation; it is not the adopted word.
Places to read
- Hymn LI · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πολυανθεῖς
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LI.7