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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- avenger; avenging power
Meaning
Zeus-Daimon is invoked as an avenging power beside wandering and universal kingship at LXXIII.3. The same hymn later asks him to turn away life-destroying griefs, so vengeance forms part of a power from whom protection is also sought. The title should not be reduced to a merely malevolent spirit.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀλάστορα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXIII.3