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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- misty; murky
Meaning
Adonis dwells beneath misty Tartarus at LVI.10, and the Erinyes have a murky cave beside the Styx at LXIX.4. Here obscurity is the local force of the adjective. Unlike an ordinary aerial epithet, it accompanies enclosed or under-earth spaces, so “airy” alone would miss the atmosphere of the passages.
Places to read
- Hymn LVI · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἠερόεντα; ἠερόεντι
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LVI.10; LXIX.4