Explained vocabulary

Unwavering — ἀδιάστροφος

ἀδιάστροφος

adiastrophos

Law is always ἀδιάστροφος while keeping company with the straightest judgements (LXIV.9).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
unwavering; unperverted

Meaning

Law is always ἀδιάστροφος while keeping company with the straightest judgements (LXIV.9). The word suggests a course that does not twist away from right judgement. Its force is ethical steadiness, illuminated by the neighbouring contrast with crooked or distorted reasoning.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXIV · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἀδιάστροφος

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXIV.9

Lexical references

LSJ ἀδιάστροφος (n1334)