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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- nourishment
Meaning
The Mother gives mortals kindly nourishment at XXVII.6. Pan's cosmic description uses the same noun for an airy portion of nourishment that kindles living beings (XI.16). The second is an unusual material image, not enough by itself to reconstruct a complete theory of cosmic physiology.
Places to read
- Hymn XI · Line 16Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
τροφὰς; τροφῆς
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XI.16; XXVII.6