Explained vocabulary

Opposed — ἀντίπαλος

ἀντίπαλος

antipalos

Nike restrains painful faction in opposed battles at XXXIII.3.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
opposed; confronting

Meaning

Nike restrains painful faction in opposed battles at XXXIII.3. The compound stresses the confronting sides of combat. It describes the battles within which strife operates, rather than giving Nike an epithet of personal hostility.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἀντιπάλοισι

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXIII.3

Lexical references

LSJ ἀντίπαλος (n10251)