Explained vocabulary

Theia — Θεία

Θεία

Theia

Theia is named between fair-tressed Leto and august Dione in Prayer.19.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Theia

Meaning

Theia is named between fair-tressed Leto and august Dione in Prayer.19. The accusative belongs to the series of invoked divine figures. Despite its resemblance to the adjective θεῖος, this occurrence is a proper name, not an adjective meaning that Leto or Dione is divine.

Places to read

  1. Prayer to Musaeus · Line 19Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Θείην

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. Prayer.19