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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- waste away; perish gradually
Meaning
Through Health, diseases waste away among mortals at LXVIII.3. Diseases are the grammatical subject, not the human sufferers. The reversal is central to the praise: what normally consumes people is itself made to diminish by the goddess’s presence.
Places to read
- Hymn LXVIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀποφθινύθουσι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXVIII.3