From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- much-honoured
Meaning
The opening of Zeus’s hymn addresses him as πολυτίμητος before presenting testimony and prayer (XV.1–2). The formation stresses the honour he receives. The apparatus reports πολύτιμε, a closely related adjective, but the adopted -τίμητος remains separately identifiable.
Places to read
- Hymn XV · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πολυτίμητε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XV.1