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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- nourisher
Meaning
The Kouretes are called nourishers and destroyers in the same line (XXXVIII.14). Their sustaining capacity is therefore paired with its opposite rather than offered as an exclusively gentle characterization. The plural τροφέες belongs to τροφεύς, a different formation from τροφός.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVIII · Line 14Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
τροφέες
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXVIII.14