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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- spokesman; interpreter
Meaning
Hermes is προφήτης of λόγος to mortals (XXVIII.4). The genitive and dative make his role one of conveying or interpreting speech for human recipients. “Prophet” is a possible English label, but predicting future events is not what this particular construction explicitly says.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVIII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
προφῆτα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXVIII.4