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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- invoke; call upon
Meaning
The speaker invokes Pluto to come graciously and rejoicing toward initiates at XVIII.19. The printed ἀγκαλέω is a contracted poetic form retrieved under ἀνακαλέω. Here the act of calling asks for an arrival and a favourable disposition, not merely for the deity’s attention.
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 19Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀγκαλέω
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XVIII.19