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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- gate
Meaning
Plouton’s hymn locates the gates of Hades at Eleusis, while Persephone holds those gates beneath earth’s hollows (XVIII.15; XXIX.4). The noun presents access to the underworld as a threshold under divine control. Neither occurrence supplies an architectural description of a surviving entrance.
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πύλαι; πύλας
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XVIII.15; XXIX.4