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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- stopper; one who puts an end to
Meaning
Korybas is a stopper of dreadful fears at XXXIX.3. The agent noun identifies a capacity of the god, while the genitive names what he stops. It anticipates the prayer’s concern with terrifying mental appearances without making the epithet itself a medical diagnosis.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXIX · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀποπαύστορα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXIX.3