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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- bottom; foundation
Meaning
Nereus is the sea’s πυθμήν, alongside earth’s limit and the beginning of all (XXIII.4). “Floor” captures his foundational position in the water-world. The noun is a predication of the god, not a narrated visit by him to an independently named floor.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πυθμὴν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXIII.4