From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- of dreadful doom; ill-fated
Meaning
The souls escorted by chthonic Hermes are described as ill-fated at LVII.6 and 11. Their unhappy mortal condition, not Hermes’s own destiny, is at issue. At line 11 the printed αἰνομόροις is attributed to Abel against reported ἀενάοις, so the edition’s doom-language there represents a consequential choice rather than an uncontested adjective.
Places to read
- Hymn LVII · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αἰνομόροις
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LVII.6; LVII.11