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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- trieteric or of the third year
Meaning
Dionysos bears the trieteric title at XXX.5, and the revel is described in the same terms at LIII.5. The expression is associated with third-year recurrence, traditionally counted inclusively, rather than automatically a modern three-full-year interval. The two passages do not by themselves supply a dated historical festival calendar.
Places to read
- Hymn XXX · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
τριετῆ
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXX.5; LIII.5