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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- be, exist
Meaning
Proteus knows what is, what was and what will be (XXV.4–5), where the verb organizes time. Elsewhere it identifies cosmic regions as Pan’s limbs (XI.3), predicates everything of Nature (X.28), or connects a deity with being a helper (II.13; LXXIV.8). In LV.4 the origin of all things from Aphrodite is expressed by ἐκ σέθεν as well as the verb. These different constructions should not be reduced to a single doctrine of Being.
Places to read
- Hymn II · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἔην; ἐόντα; ἐοῦσα; ἔσσεται; ἔσσι; ἐστὶ; ἐστίν
Occurrence inventory
11 in total. II.13; X.28; XI.3; XXV.4; XXV.5 (2 occurrences); XXXIV.15; XXXVI.11; LV.4; LXXIV.8; LXXXIII.1