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Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion

Note 1464 — Chapter XI · ORPHIC ESCHATOLOGY.

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Dr Dieterich in his valuable tract De Hymnis Orphicis capitula quinque says (p. 55): στέφανος est qui cingit loca beatorum, vel prata illa ipsa desiderata. Simili notione vox στέφανος usurpatur in Orphicorum Argonauticorum versu 71

αὐτίκα οἱ στέφανος καὶ τεῖχος ἐρυμνὸν Αἰητέω κατέφαινε καὶ ἄλσεα.

His interpretation suggested that given in the text, though the two are not identical.

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