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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- rooting; foundation
Meaning
Acheron holds the roots or foundations of earth in Plouton’s hymn (XVIII.10). The noun gives earth an underlying support within the chthonic landscape. It is distinct in formation from ῥίζα and does not, merely by occurring, invoke a technical system of four elemental “roots.”
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ῥιζώματα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XVIII.10