Explained vocabulary

Polymnia — Πολύμνια

Πολύμνια

Polymnia

Polymnia is individually named among the Muses at LXXVI.9.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Polymnia

Meaning

Polymnia is individually named among the Muses at LXXVI.9. The printed extra accent in Πολύμνιά accompanies the following enclitic τε and does not create another form of the name. The list supplies her identity as a Muse without assigning her a separate artistic specialty in this line.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXVI · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Πολύμνιά

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXVI.9

Lexical references

LSJ Πολύμνια (n85092)