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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- be able
Meaning
The speaker asks Ares for strength so that he may be able to restrain destructive impulses (LXXXVIII.11 and following). The optative δυναίμην expresses the hoped-for capacity, not a claim already to possess it.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δυναίμην
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVIII.11