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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- purple
Meaning
The Moirai walk veiled in purple cloths at LIX.7. The adjective describes the colour of the coverings, not the colour of the goddesses’ bodies. The apparatus’s πορφυρέαισι differs from printed πορφυρέῃσι in dialectal spelling rather than introducing a second hue.
Places to read
- Hymn LIX · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πορφυρέῃσι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LIX.7