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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- unassailable; not to be attacked
Meaning
Hekate and Fortune in her Artemis-associated description each have an unassailable form. In both lines the adjective qualifies εἶδος, not a separate weapon or army. It makes their appearance formidable while preserving the repeated sentence construction.
Places to read
- Hymn I · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀπρόσμαχον
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. I.6; LXXII.4