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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- archer
Meaning
Herakles is addressed as τοξότα at XII.5, among titles of strength and divinatory power. The agent noun identifies him as an archer rather than describing a particular shot within a narrated episode. Compare Artemis's separately formed feminine τοξότις.
Places to read
- Hymn XII · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
τοξότα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XII.5