Explained vocabulary

Associated with tombs — τυμβίδιος

τυμβίδιος

tymbidios

Hekate and Fortune each receive the tomb-associated epithet (I.3; LXXII.5).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
associated with tombs

Meaning

Hekate and Fortune each receive the tomb-associated epithet (I.3; LXXII.5). It places funerary space within their descriptions. Sharing the adjective is not by itself an explicit equation of the two goddesses, since each hymn has its own addressee and surrounding claims.

Places to read

  1. Hymn I · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

τυμβιδίην

Occurrence inventory

2 in total. I.3; LXXII.5

Lexical references

LSJ τυμβίδιος (n105875)