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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Pythian; of Pytho
Meaning
Apollo bears the Pythian title at XXXIV.3, while Themis’s hymn names the Pythian ground where she ruled (LXXIX.5). The adjective can thus qualify a deity or a place. Its shared locality does not make the two grammatical uses interchangeable.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXIV · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Πύθιε; Πυθίῳ
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXXIV.3; LXXIX.5