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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- sinew or neck-region
Meaning
Demeter first yoked the oxen's τένοντα for ploughing at XL.8. The body-part expression focuses the animal's strength beneath the yoke and can be understood in the neck-region affected by it. Retaining the actual noun is preferable to silently substituting an unattested word for neck.
Places to read
- Hymn XL · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
τένοντα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XL.8