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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- spoken; speakable
Meaning
Athena is both ἀρρήτη and ῥητή at XXXII.3. The positive term makes the contrast between the unsaid and the said explicit, whether understood through naming or expressibility. The pair’s paradox deserves preservation without turning it into a complete theory of ritual secrecy.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ῥητή
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXII.3