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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- crooked in counsel
Meaning
Kronos is addressed as crooked-counselled at XIII.9, just before the request that he hear the suppliant voice. The epithet characterizes the workings of counsel rather than naming an office. “Wise” alone would lose the pointed crookedness of the Greek.
Places to read
- Hymn XIII · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀγκυλομῆτα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XIII.9