From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- not bronze-forged; without metal working
Meaning
Sleep binds bodies in fetters not forged of bronze at LXXXV.4. The bonds are effective although they are not literal metal shackles. The negative compound gives sleep’s immobilizing action a material comparison and then withdraws its ordinary material means.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀχαλκεύτοισι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXV.4