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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- approved, esteemed, tried
Meaning
The Moirai approach the mortal race called δόκιμον (LIX.6). The edition’s tried is best heard as tested or found worthy, not automatically afflicted or sorely tried. The precise praise remains open, but importing suffering into the adjective would change its lexical force.
Places to read
- Hymn LIX · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δόκιμον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LIX.6