From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Sabazios
Meaning
The hymn addresses Sabazios as “father” and as “son of Kronos” (XLVIII.1). Only the sonship names a parent; the divine name identifies the recipient. The separately attested Σάβος in Hippa’s hymn is related naming evidence, not an ordinary case-form of Σαβάζιος.
Places to read
- Hymn XLVIII · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
Σαβάζιε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XLVIII.1
Heading and incense rubric evidence
ΣΑΒΑΖΙΟΥ · XLVIII.heading. XLVIII. ΣΑΒΑΖΙΟΥ
Local sense
Sabazios as the hymn's divine recipient