From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- lasting; enduring; eternal
Meaning
The adjective gives duration to Hephaistos (LXVI.3), the Sun’s all-seeing eye (VIII.1), and the long sleep brought by Death (LXXXVII.5). Persistent divine activity and the lasting cessation of mortal activity are deliberately different contexts. “Eternal” may fit the elevation of the language, but it should not flatten those contrasts into one definition of eternity.
Places to read
- Hymn VIII · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αἰώνιε; αἰώνιον
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. VIII.1; LXVI.3; LXXXVII.5