From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- much-besought
Meaning
Athena, Leto and Antaia are addressed as much-besought queens. In Antaia’s hymn the speaker’s own “I beseech you” immediately enacts the quality named by the epithet (XLI.9). The form πολύλλιστος should remain distinct from the closely related πολύλλιτος applied to Herakles.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXII · Line 14Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πολυλλίστη
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XXXII.14; XXXV.2; XLI.9