From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- hostile, enemy
Meaning
The speaker asks to escape the battle-press of hostile people and violent dooms (LXXXVIII.17). The genitive plural functions substantivally as enemies; it does not qualify peace or its statutes in the preceding line.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 17Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δυσμενέων
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVIII.17