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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- eyelid
Meaning
Eos shakes sweet sleep from the eyelids at dawn (LXXVIII.9). The bodily detail makes awakening palpable: sleep departs from the very place where closed eyes had expressed it.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXVIII · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
βλεφάρων
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXVIII.9