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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- heart-paining; distressing
Meaning
Ares is asked to release people from heart-paining toil at LXV.6. The compound qualifies πόνος, the suffering or effort, rather than diagnosing Ares’s temperament. It connects the external hardship of conflict with the hurt felt in the human θυμός.
Places to read
- Hymn LXV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀλγεσίθυμον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXV.6