From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- suffer with; share pain
Meaning
Prothyraia shares birth-pangs and rejoices in easy births (II.8). The compound expresses participation in suffering, with ὠδῖσι naming the pains shared. The balancing joy makes sympathetic involvement, rather than detached observation, central to the childbirth helper’s portrait.
Places to read
- Hymn II · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
συμπάσχεις
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. II.8