From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- unbridled; unrestrained
Meaning
Aphrodite yokes mortals in unbridled necessities at LV.13. The harness-language is deliberately paradoxical: the compulsions bind people while themselves resisting control. Translating only “strong necessities” would lose the contrast between yoking and the absence of a bridle.
Places to read
- Hymn LV · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀχαλινώτοισιν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LV.13