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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- goddess
Meaning
Θεά directly addresses or identifies female powers, from named Hera and Persephone to Peace and Justice. The plural addresses companies such as the Muses and Erinyes. The word establishes divine status in its local clause, not a separate fixed rank below or above δαίμων. At XLI.8 the goddess is Antaia, not a newly introduced Semele; at LVIII.6 the apparatus’s generic “goddess” differs from the adopted name Rhea.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
θεά; θεὰ; θεᾷ; θεαί; θεαὶ; θεάν; θεὰν
Occurrence inventory
49 in total. Prayer.11; Prayer.41; II.1; III.3; IX.1; X.1; X.29; XIV.12; XV.4; XV.11; XVI.9; XIX.22; XXVI.1; XXVI.10; XXVII.2; XXIX.2; XXIX.17; XXXII.2; XXXV.1; XXXV.6; XXXVI.3; XXXVI.13; XL.1; XL.3; XL.16; XLI.1; XLI.8; XLI.9; XLII.9; XLIV.10; LV.2; LV.16; LV.27; LVII.10; LXI.1; LXII.10; LXIII.12; LXIII.16; LXVIII.12; LXIX.1; LXIX.12; LXXI.10; LXXII.9; LXXIV.3; LXXIV.8; LXXVI.10; LXXVI.11; LXXVII.9; LXXVIII.1