From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- life-generating
Meaning
The Curetes are life-generating breaths and glorious saviours of the world at XXXVIII.3. The feminine adjective agrees with πνοιαί, even though the divine group elsewhere bears masculine names and epithets. The line emphasizes their vital, sustaining activity; the agreement does not introduce a separate unnamed female group.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ζῳογόνοι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXVIII.3