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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- companion or attendant
Meaning
The Kouretes accompany the mountain-ranging Mother at XXXI.5. The plural names a group in attendance upon her; it does not replace the surrounding descriptions of their armed movement and dance. Companionship is the secure relation here, while the precise historical organization of such attendants lies beyond this verse.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXI · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
συνοπάονες
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXI.5