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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- keeper or protectress of dogs
Meaning
Hekate and Artemis share this dog-associated epithet (I.5; XXXVI.12). The source translates dogs in one place and whelps in the other, while the lexical relation remains close. Sharing the compound establishes a point of description, not a complete equation of the two divine figures or a specific ritual role.
Places to read
- Hymn I · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
σκυλακῖτι; σκυλακῖτιν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. I.5; XXXVI.12