From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- female nurturer
Meaning
Demeter nurtures all mortals, the Muses nurture soul, and Leucothea nurses Dionysus. Each genitive specifies what is sustained or reared. The noun can therefore describe bodily nourishment, a remembered nursing relation, or the cultivation of inner life without those being one identical act.
Places to read
- Hymn XL · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
θρέπτειρα; θρέπτειραι; θρέπτειραν
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XL.7; LXXIV.2; LXXVI.5