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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- receiver of many
Meaning
Plouton receives many in the context of his rule over mortals through death (XVIII.11). The title’s object is implicit in that surrounding clause, not an unspecified abundance of gifts. The reported πολυδαῖμον is a different reading, judged false by LSJ at this locus, and should not be turned into a theology of multiple daimones.
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πολυδέγμον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XVIII.11
Consequential readings
Lexical references
Further source
LSJ, πολυδέγμων. Lexical sense or textual qualification checked in the official Perseus LSJ entry; the supplied Greek remains primary.
LSJ, πολυδαίμων. Lexical sense or textual qualification checked in the official Perseus LSJ entry; the supplied Greek remains primary.