Explained vocabulary

Divine — θεῖος

θεῖος

theios

The adjective qualifies Zeus’ thunder, a pathway overseen by the stars, the initiates’ works under Sleep’s protection, and Aphrodite’s lineage.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
divine

Meaning

The adjective qualifies Zeus’ thunder, a pathway overseen by the stars, the initiates’ works under Sleep’s protection, and Aphrodite’s lineage. It marks a relation to divine power in each setting without specifying one uniform kind of sacredness. In VII.7 the pathway is divine while its human travellers remain mortal; the adjective does not transform those travellers into gods.

Places to read

  1. Hymn VII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

θείαις; θείην; θείοισιν; θεῖον

Occurrence inventory

4 in total. VII.7; XIX.3; LV.15; LXXXV.10

Consequential readings

AV023_01