Explained vocabulary

Administering judgment, judge — δικασπόλος

δικασπόλος

dikaspolos

The Erinyes are enduring administrators of judgment as they direct the eye of Dike (LXIX.11).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
administering judgment, judge

Meaning

The Erinyes are enduring administrators of judgment as they direct the eye of Dike (LXIX.11). Their seeing is not detached spectatorship: the judicial epithet gives it an active consequence.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXIX · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

δικασπόλοι

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXIX.11

Lexical references

LSJ δικασπόλος (n26913)