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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- just, righteous
Meaning
Dike is righteous in punishing the unjust (LXII.4), and Nomos is a just seal (LXIV.2). Substantivized plurals instead mean just people, the companions of Nemesis, Dike and Dikaiosyne (LXI.3; LXII.9; LXIII.2). The superlative praises Dikaiosyne’s relation to mortals and, in the appended hymn, the men led by Ares (LXIII.1; LXXXVIII.5).
Places to read
- Hymn LXI · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δικαίη; δικαίην; δικαίοις; δικαιοτάτη; δικαιοτάτων
Occurrence inventory
8 in total. LXI.3; LXII.4; LXII.9; LXII.10; LXIII.1; LXIII.2; LXIV.2; LXXXVIII.5