Explained vocabulary

Lawless — ἄνομος

ἄνομος

anomos

Law brings heavy harm to lawless people at LXIV.11, directly contrasting them with those who live according to law.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
lawless; outside the law

Meaning

Law brings heavy harm to lawless people at LXIV.11, directly contrasting them with those who live according to law. The adjective concerns their relation to law, not mere dissimilarity from others. This completes the conditional force of Law’s harmless dwelling in the preceding line.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXIV · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἀνόμοις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXIV.11

Lexical references

LSJ ἄνομος (n9250)