As mythologist Robert Graves says, "Thus the Orphic hymn celebrates Zeus as both Father and Eternal Virgin. "
正如神话学家罗伯特·格拉夫所说:「因此俄耳普斯的赞美诗把宙斯赞美成即是父亲也是永恒的童贞。」
The Homeric and Orphic Creation Myths
荷马和俄耳甫斯的创世神话
"Purity" is an Orphic conception, having primarily a ritual meaning, but for Plato it means freedom from slavery to the body and its needs.
「纯洁」是一个奥尔弗斯派的观念,原来有着一种仪式上的意义;但对柏拉图来说,它却是指免于肉体与肉体需要的奴役的自由。