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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- nurse
Meaning
Earth the mother goddess and Zeus of the salt sea nurse living creatures in their bosoms at LXIII.15–16. The singular verb precedes these coordinated subjects across the line break. Although the passage belongs to Dikaiosyne’s hymn, the nursing is not assigned to her by default: the named earth and sea powers perform the sustaining action.
Places to read
- Hymn LXIII · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
τιθηνεῖ
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXIII.15