From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- life- or soul-nourishing
Meaning
Hera's kindly breezes and the Kouretes' ever-flowing breaths are ψυχοτρόφοι (XVI.3; XXXVIII.22). Sustaining life is a natural local force of the compound. Its ψυχ- element does not require separating a nourishing soul from an unrelated body in every such breath-image.
Places to read
- Hymn XVI · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ψυχοτρόφοι; ψυχοτρόφους
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XVI.3; XXXVIII.22