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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- loose, release
Meaning
Death loosens nature’s firmly held bonds (LXXXVII.4). The verb reverses their existing cohesion: what had been held together is released. It is not simply a synonym for destroying an external enemy.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐκλύῃς
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVII.4