Explained vocabulary

Mind-harming — βλαψίφρων

βλαψίφρων

blapsiphrōn

In the printed Mnemosyne line, βλαψίφρονος qualifies deceit, ἀπάτης, from which memory is kept apart (LXXVII.3).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
mind-harming

Meaning

In the printed Mnemosyne line, βλαψίφρονος qualifies deceit, ἀπάτης, from which memory is kept apart (LXXVII.3). It does not call memory harmful. This grammatical relationship depends on the edition’s adopted construction, which differs from the reported alternative.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXVII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

βλαψίφρονος

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXVII.3

Lexical references

LSJ βλαψίφρων (n20079)