Explained vocabulary

Threefold or three — τρισσός

τρισσός

trissos

Aphrodite rules three portions at LV.5.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
threefold or three

Meaning

Aphrodite rules three portions at LV.5. The adjective modifies the divisions over which she has power. Although the neighbouring noun μοῖρα can elsewhere name a Fate, this phrase does not identify three divine persons called the Moirai.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LV · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

τρισσῶν

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LV.5

Lexical references

LSJ τρισσός (n105271)