From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- right-hand, on the right
Meaning
Helios is begetter of dawn on the right and night on the left (VIII.4). The adjective participates in an explicit directional pairing. Reading right as morally good would obscure the balanced account of his opposed daily effects.
Places to read
- Hymn VIII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δεξιὲ
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. VIII.4