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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- visible form, appearance
Meaning
Hekate and Tyche possess an unassailable form (I.6; LXXII.4); Aphrodite is asked to come with an especially lovely form (LV.27). The noun concerns how a divine presence appears and is characterized. These local descriptions do not establish a technical doctrine of immaterial Forms.
Places to read
- Hymn I · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
εἶδος
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. I.6; LV.27; LXXII.4