From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- full of joy; gladdening
Meaning
The adjective can describe joyful powers and households, or fruit that brings joy to others. Health makes a house flourish full of gladness (LXVIII.4); Earth is asked to increase gladdening fruits (XXVI.10). The object described decides between experiencing gladness and producing it. Physis’s vocative πολύγηθε belongs to this word despite its unusual ending.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πολύγηθε; πολυγηθέα; πολυγηθεῖς; πολυγηθὴς; πολυγηθοῦς
Occurrence inventory
7 in total. X.10; XXVI.10; XLIV.3; L.4; LI.3; LXVIII.4; LXXV.1