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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- violent; forceful
Meaning
The appended Ares prayer asks for escape from hostile battle-tumult and violent death-powers at LXXXVIII.17. The adjective qualifies κῆρας, not the worshipper seeking protection. It makes the threatened endings of life explicitly violent, fitting the martial dangers from which the prayer asks release.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 17Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βιαίους
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVIII.17