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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- foot
Meaning
Feet appear in Physis’s silent turning, Helios’s four-stepping dance and the Kouretes’ ringing, dust-raising movement. The physical term is stable while the actions differ markedly. The epic datives ποσσὶ and ποσσίν belong with the genitive ποδῶν, not with πόσις, “husband.”
Places to read
- Hymn VIII · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ποδῶν; ποσσὶ; ποσσὶν
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. VIII.5; X.7; XXXVIII.9; XXXVIII.12