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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- abundantly nourishing; flourishing
Meaning
Health is πολυθάλμιος in her opening address (LXVIII.1). The English “of many blossomings” stresses flourishing; LSJ’s “much-nourishing” brings out its sustaining aspect. The two emphases fit the hymn’s account of the good life supported by Health better than a narrowly botanical definition.
Places to read
- Hymn LXVIII · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πολυθάλμιε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXVIII.1
Lexical references
Further source
LSJ, πολυθάλμιος. Lexical sense or textual qualification checked in the official Perseus LSJ entry; the supplied Greek remains primary.