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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 46: The god in the winnowing basket

Dionysus as Liknites, the infant who lay in the winnowing basket and grew up on Nysa among the Nymphs.

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ΛΙΚΝΙΤΟΥLiknítouOf Liknites,θυμίαμαthymíamaIncenseμάννανmánnanfrankincense powder.ΛικνίτηνLiknítēnLiknitesΔιόνυσονDiónysonDionysusἐπʼep’withεὐχαῖςeuchaîsprayersταῖσδεtaîsdetheseκικλήσκωkiklḗskōI call,

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