From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- born or sown in fire
Meaning
Dionysos is πυρίσπορος in the opening appeal of XLV.1, where the English explicitly reads “born of fire.” The compound presents his generation through fire, not an action of scattering flames. The separate printed πυροσπόρε in LII.2 has its own interpretive difficulty and should not be silently assimilated to this form.
Places to read
- Hymn XLV · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πυρίσπορε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XLV.1