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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- unstable; restless; unsettled
Meaning
Nemesis hates unstable speech at LXI.4, where unreliability has an ethical force. In Leucothea’s hymn, the ships' sea-going rush is unstable or restless (LXXIV.5), describing physical movement. The maritime occurrence should not inherit the moral blame attached to speech merely because the same adjective occurs.
Places to read
- Hymn LXI · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἄστατον; ἄστατος
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LXI.4; LXXIV.5