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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- star-setter; arranger of stars
Meaning
Law is the heavenly setter of stars and just seal at LXIV.2. The agent noun gives cosmic order an arranging action: the stars stand in a system Law establishes. This is distinct from ἀστράρχη, which names rule over stars rather than their setting in order.
Places to read
- Hymn LXIV · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀστροθέτην
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXIV.2