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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- soundless; noiseless
Meaning
Nature’s step is soundless while it wheels on the ankles of her feet at X.7. The adjective qualifies the trace or footstep, ἴχνος. The combination retains movement but suppresses its noise, a more precise image than describing Nature as simply still.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἄψοφον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. X.7