From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- heavy; burdensome; intense
Meaning
Law brings heavy harm to the lawless at LXIV.11, and Zeus is asked to cast his heavy θυμός into the sea at XIX.18. The weight is an image for burdensome intensity rather than a measurable mass. The apparatus identifies βαρύν in the Zeus line as Slothouwer’s addition, so that qualification is supplied by the edition’s adopted text.
Places to read
- Hymn XIX · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βαρεῖαν; βαρὺν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XIX.18; LXIV.11