From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- indiscriminate; undifferentiating
Meaning
Hades is ἄκριτος among far-reaching, unwearied and breathless descriptions at XVIII.9. “Indiscriminate” fits a realm that makes no distinctions; the edition instead gives “trackless.” That rendering should remain distinguishable from the Greek’s judgement or discrimination range, and the passage does not establish a courtroom sense such as “untried.”
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἄκριτον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XVIII.9