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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- deeply shaded
Meaning
Pluto inhabits a deeply shaded Tartarean meadow at XVIII.2, immediately also described as dim in light. The compound intensifies the meadow’s darkness while retaining a landscape, not an empty abstract void. The paired epithets work through shade and reduced illumination.
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βαθύσκιον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XVIII.2