Explained vocabulary

Alecto — Ἀλληκτώ

Ἀλληκτώ

Allēktō

Ἀλληκτώ is named beside Tisiphone and Megaera at LXIX.2.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Alecto; Allektō

Meaning

Ἀλληκτώ is named beside Tisiphone and Megaera at LXIX.2. The supplied spelling has a double lambda, while Alecto is the familiar English lookup form. She is one of the named Erinyes in this invocation, not an adjective to be silently translated and absorbed into their general description.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXIX · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Ἀλληκτὼ

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXIX.2

Lexical references

LSJ ἄλληκτος1 (n4395)