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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- darkness of night; nocturnal obscurity
Meaning
Apollo sees Earth beneath aither and through the darkness of night at XXXIV.12. Here ἀμολγός evokes the obscurity through which his sight penetrates. The contrast with the upper luminous expanse makes the nocturnal sense useful without requiring a literal milking scene from the word’s wider associations.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXIV · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀμολγοῦ
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXIV.12