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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- pain; suffering; distress
Meaning
Artemis is asked to send diseases and pains to mountain peaks (XXXVI.16), away from the petitioners. Dream is asked to provide release from approaching pain (LXXXVI.15), where warning can help before trouble arrives. The same noun can cover bodily suffering and anticipated distress without requiring two separate technical meanings.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVI · Line 16Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἄλγεος; ἄλγη
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXXVI.16; LXXXVI.15