From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- saviour or preserver
Meaning
The Prayer calls on great Saviours, explicitly described as Zeus's imperishable children (Prayer.21), while the Kouretes are saviours of the cosmos (XXXVIII.3). Asklepios is hailed as saviour when a good completion of life is sought (LXVII.8); Palaimon is the sole saviour within the immediate sea-peril description (LXXV.7). That local exclusiveness does not cancel the other saving gods named elsewhere in the collection.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 21Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
σωτήρ; σωτὴρ; Σωτῆρας; σωτῆρες
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. Prayer.21; XXXVIII.3; LXVII.8; LXXV.7