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| {{Short description|Deity addressed in the Orphic Hymns}} | {{Short description|Deity addressed in the Orphic Hymns}} | ||
| '''Prothyraia''' ({{langx|grc|Προθυραία}}) is the figure addressed in the second of the '']'', a collection of ancient Greek hymns composed around the 2nd and 3nd centuries AD.{{sfnm|Malamis||1p=29|Quandt||2pp=3–4}} | |||
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| == Epithet == | |||
| ⚫ | The placement of the hymn to Prothyraia, a figure associated with birth, at the beginning of the collection, is significant, and mirrors the position of the hymn to ] (Death) as the last hymn. |
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| Prothyraia's means 'at the door' or 'at the door-way',{{sfn|Athanassakis|Wolkow|p=75}} and is used to denote a goddess who presides over the area around the entrance to a building.{{sfn|Rudhardt|loc=Chapter II, para. 215}} Prothyraia is an ] of the goddesses ], ], and ];{{sfn|Athanassakis|Wolkow|p=75}} Prothyraia is attested as an epithet of Artemis in a 2nd-century AD inscription discovered in ].{{sfn|Ricciardelli|p=238}} In ]'s '']'', there is reference to a temple in ] which was dedicated to Artemis Propylaia.{{refn|{{harvnb|Ricciardelli|p=328}}; ], 1.38.6 {{harv|Jones|pp=204, 205}}.}} | |||
| == ''Orphic Hymn'' == | |||
| ⚫ | In line 9 of the ''Orphic Hymn'' to Prothyraia, she is addressed as "Eileithyia", and in line 12 she is called "Artemis Eileithyia".{{sfn|Ricciardelli|p=238}} The epithets applied to her in the hymn relate primarily to her role in helping with births,{{sfn|Ricciardelli|p=238}} and the request of the hymn implores her to aid in giving birth.{{sfn|Malamis|p=239}} Two descriptions the hymn applies to her are {{translit|grc|ōdínōn eparōgós}} ({{lang|grc|ὠδίνων ἐπαρωγός}}), meaning she "who offers support in the pains of childbirth", and {{translit|grc|ōkýlocheia}} ({{lang|grc|ὠϰυλόχεια}}), meaning she "who accelerates childbirth".{{sfn|Rudhardt|loc=Chapter II, para. 215}} | ||
| ⚫ | The placement of the hymn to Prothyraia, a figure associated with birth, at the beginning of the collection, is significant, and mirrors the position of the hymn to ] (Death) as the last hymn.{{sfn|Athanassakis|Wolkow|p=76}} According to ], during the rite in which the ''Orphic Hymns'' played a role, the hymn to Prothyraia may have been sung as the initiates were entering the building where the rite took place.{{sfn|Athanassakis|Wolkow|p=76}} | ||
| == Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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| == References == | == References == | ||
| * ], and Benjamin M. Wolkow, ''The Orphic Hymns'', Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. {{ISBN|9781421408828}}. . | * {{wikicite | ref = {{sfnref|Athanassakis|Wolkow}} | reference = ], and Benjamin M. Wolkow, ''The Orphic Hymns'', Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. {{ISBN|9781421408828}}. . }} | ||
| * Malamis, Daniel, ''The Orphic Hymns: Poetry and Genre, with a Critical Text and Translation'', Leiden and Boston, Brill, 2024. {{ISBN|9789004714076}}. {{doi|10.1163/9789004714083}}. | * {{wikicite | ref = {{sfnref|Malamis}} | reference = Malamis, Daniel, ''The Orphic Hymns: Poetry and Genre, with a Critical Text and Translation'', Leiden and Boston, Brill, 2024. {{ISBN|9789004714076}}. {{doi|10.1163/9789004714083}}. }} | ||
| * {{wikicite | ref = {{sfnref|Jones}} | reference = ], ''], Volume I: Books 1-2 (Attica and Corinth)'', translated by W. H. S. Jones, ] No. 93, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ], 1918. {{ISBN|978-0-674-99104-0}}. . . }} | |||
| ⚫ | * Ricciardelli, Gabriella, ''Inni Orfici'', Milan, Mondadori, 2000. {{ISBN|8804476613}}. | ||
| * {{wikicite | ref = {{sfnref|Quandt}} | reference = Quandt, Wilhelm, ''Orphei Hymni'', Berlin, Weidmann, 1955. {{OCLC|22971774}}. }} | |||
| ⚫ | * Rudhardt, Jean, "Recherches sur les Hymnes orphiques", in ''Opera inedita: Essai sur la religion grecque & Recherches sur les Hymnes orphiques'', Liège, Liège University Press, 2008. {{ISBN|9782960071726}}. {{doi|10.4000/books.pulg.514}}. | ||
| ⚫ | * {{wikicite | ref = {{sfnref|Ricciardelli}} | reference = Ricciardelli, Gabriella, ''Inni Orfici'', Milan, Mondadori, 2000. {{ISBN|8804476613}}. }} | ||
| ⚫ | * {{wikicite | ref = {{sfnref|Rudhardt}} | reference = Rudhardt, Jean, "Recherches sur les Hymnes orphiques", in ''Opera inedita: Essai sur la religion grecque & Recherches sur les Hymnes orphiques'', Liège, Liège University Press, 2008. {{ISBN|9782960071726}}. {{doi|10.4000/books.pulg.514}}. }} | ||
| {{Greek mythology (deities)|state=collapsed}} | {{Greek mythology (deities)|state=collapsed}} | ||
Latest revision as of 12:12, 9 January 2025
Deity addressed in the Orphic HymnsProthyraia (Ancient Greek: Προθυραία) is the figure addressed in the second of the Orphic Hymns, a collection of ancient Greek hymns composed around the 2nd and 3nd centuries AD.
Epithet
Prothyraia's means 'at the door' or 'at the door-way', and is used to denote a goddess who presides over the area around the entrance to a building. Prothyraia is an epiclesis of the goddesses Eileithyia, Hecate, and Artemis; Prothyraia is attested as an epithet of Artemis in a 2nd-century AD inscription discovered in Epidaurus. In Pausanias's Description of Greece, there is reference to a temple in Eleusis which was dedicated to Artemis Propylaia.
Orphic Hymn
In line 9 of the Orphic Hymn to Prothyraia, she is addressed as "Eileithyia", and in line 12 she is called "Artemis Eileithyia". The epithets applied to her in the hymn relate primarily to her role in helping with births, and the request of the hymn implores her to aid in giving birth. Two descriptions the hymn applies to her are ōdínōn eparōgós (ὠδίνων ἐπαρωγός), meaning she "who offers support in the pains of childbirth", and ōkýlocheia (ὠϰυλόχεια), meaning she "who accelerates childbirth".
The placement of the hymn to Prothyraia, a figure associated with birth, at the beginning of the collection, is significant, and mirrors the position of the hymn to Thanatos (Death) as the last hymn. According to Fritz Graf, during the rite in which the Orphic Hymns played a role, the hymn to Prothyraia may have been sung as the initiates were entering the building where the rite took place.
Notes
- Malamis, p. 29; Quandt, pp. 3–4.
- ^ Athanassakis & Wolkow, p. 75.
- ^ Rudhardt, Chapter II, para. 215.
- ^ Ricciardelli, p. 238.
- Ricciardelli, p. 328; Pausanias, 1.38.6 (Jones, pp. 204, 205).
- Malamis, p. 239.
- ^ Athanassakis & Wolkow, p. 76.
References
- Athanassakis, Apostolos N., and Benjamin M. Wolkow, The Orphic Hymns, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. ISBN 9781421408828. Internet Archive.
- Malamis, Daniel, The Orphic Hymns: Poetry and Genre, with a Critical Text and Translation, Leiden and Boston, Brill, 2024. ISBN 9789004714076. doi:10.1163/9789004714083.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece, Volume I: Books 1-2 (Attica and Corinth), translated by W. H. S. Jones, Loeb Classical Library No. 93, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1918. ISBN 978-0-674-99104-0. Online version at Harvard University Press. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quandt, Wilhelm, Orphei Hymni, Berlin, Weidmann, 1955. OCLC 22971774.
- Ricciardelli, Gabriella, Inni Orfici, Milan, Mondadori, 2000. ISBN 8804476613.
- Rudhardt, Jean, "Recherches sur les Hymnes orphiques", in Opera inedita: Essai sur la religion grecque & Recherches sur les Hymnes orphiques, Liège, Liège University Press, 2008. ISBN 9782960071726. doi:10.4000/books.pulg.514.
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