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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- husband
Meaning
The address Ῥέας πόσι calls Kronos Rhea’s husband (XIII.7). The genitive fixes the partner and the vocative the person addressed. This πόσι is neither a form of πούς, “foot,” nor the noun for drinking, despite the similar surface spelling.
Places to read
- Hymn XIII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πόσι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XIII.7