Explained vocabulary

Outflow — προχοή

προχοή

prokhoē

Meilinoe’s birth is located beside the outflows of Kokytos (LXXI.2).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
outflow; river mouth

Meaning

Meilinoe’s birth is located beside the outflows of Kokytos (LXXI.2). The plural names flowing outlets or mouths, with the river identified by the genitive. It supplies the scene, not a statement about who caused the birth.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXI · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

προχοαῖς

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXI.2

Lexical references

LSJ προχοή1 (n90768)