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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- ruin; disastrous visitation
Meaning
Herakles is asked to drive out evil ruinous visitations while brandishing a branch at XII.15. The plural names harmful disasters to be expelled. A theory of mental delusion may belong to the word’s wider associations, but the petition here foregrounds destructive effects and protection from them.
Places to read
- Hymn XII · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἄτας
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XII.15