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Roman mosaic of Orpheus, the mythical poet to whom the Orphic Hymns were attributed, from Palermo, 2nd century AD [24]. The collection's attribution to the mythical poet Orpheus is found in its title, "Orpheus to Musaeus", [25] which is the heading of the proem (an address from the poet to the legendary author Musaeus of Athens, which precedes the rest of the collection); [26] this address to ...
Orphic mosaics were found in many late-Roman villas. Orphism is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices [1] originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, [2] associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld and returned.
In line 9 of the Orphic Hymn to Prothyraia, she is addressed as "Eileithyia", and in line 12 she is called "Artemis Eileithyia". [4] The epithets applied to her in the hymn relate primarily to her role in helping with births, [4] and the request of the hymn implores her to aid in giving birth. [6]
He was credited with the composition of a number of works, among which are a number of now-lost theogonies, including the theogony commented upon in the Derveni papyrus, [10] as well as extant works such the Orphic Hymns, the Orphic Argonautica, and the Lithica. [11] Shrines containing purported relics of Orpheus were regarded as oracles. [12]
Mise or Misé (Ancient Greek: Μίση) is an Anatolian goddess addressed in one of the Orphic Hymns. She is first mentioned in a mime by the Greek poet Herodas, which references a "Descent of Mise". In the Orphic Hymn addressed to her, she is identified with Dionysus, and depicted as a female version of the
Phanes was a male god; in an original Orphic Hymn he is named as "Lord Priapos", [5] although others consider him androgynous. [ 1 ] Phanes was a deity of light and goodness, whose name meant "to bring light" or "to shine"; [ 6 ] [ 7 ] a first-born deity, he emerged from the abyss and gave birth to the universe. [ 7 ]
The Dutch scholar Daniel Heinsius argued that the poet referred to as "Orpheus" was in fact Onomacritus himself, while the Danish scholar Ole Borch argued that while the Orphic Argonautica was "Pisistratean", other works such as the Orphic Hymns and the Orphic Lithica were the genuine writings of Orpheus himself. [6]
Melinoë is described in the invocation of the Orphic Hymn as κροκόπεπλος (krokopeplos), "clad in saffron" (see peplos), an epithet also used for Eos, the personification of dawn. [13] In the hymns, only two goddesses are described as krokopeplos, Melinoë and Hecate. [14]