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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- drive, pursue, drive away
Meaning
Helios and Poseidon drive four-horse chariots (VIII.19; XVII.5). In the Moirai hymn the subject δόξα follows the driving verb across the line break (LIX.8–9). Herakles instead drives away savage tribes for mortals (XII.7), where the pursued object and beneficial result change the action’s direction.
Places to read
- Hymn VIII · Line 19Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
διώκει; διώκων; διώξας
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. VIII.19; XII.7; XVII.5; LIX.8