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Roman mosaic of Orpheus, the mythical poet to whom the Orphic Hymns were attributed, from Palermo, 2nd century AD [31]. The collection's attribution to the mythical poet Orpheus is found in its title, "Orpheus to Musaeus", [32] which sits above the proem in the surviving manuscripts of the collection; [33] this proem, an address to the legendary poet Musaeus of Athens (a kind of address found ...
In line 9 of the Orphic Hymn to Prothyraia, she is addressed as "Eileithyia", and in line 12 she is called "Artemis Eileithyia". [5] The epithets applied to her in the hymn relate primarily to her role in helping with births, [5] and the request of the hymn implores her to aid in giving birth. [7]
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
Rephrased along those lines: The Orphic Hymns are most important surviving representative of the genre of hymnic literature attributed to Orpheus.. – Michael Aurel 02:02, 10 February 2025 (UTC) "Editions and translations" should probably be after the references
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In the inscriptions which mention Hipta, her name is given as Hípta (Ἵπτα) or Heípta (Εἵπτα), [1] names which are non-Greek in origin. [2] In editions of the Orphic Hymns produced prior to the discovery of Hipta's name in epigraphic evidence, her name was rendered as "Hippa" (Ἵππα), a reading of her name recorded in a number of the collection's manuscripts. [3]
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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.