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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- of many kinds
Meaning
Earth brings forth fruit of many forms or kinds in the image of childbirth (XXVI.5). The adjective qualifies καρπόν, so the variety belongs to the produce. It is not itself a statement that the goddess has many bodily appearances, a use expressed elsewhere by other compounds.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVI · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πολυειδῆ
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXVI.5