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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- astonishing, terrible
Meaning
Pan is called formidable or terrible in relation to mortal fears (XI.7), beside his help concerning imaginings. The combination gives him a complex relation to frightening experiences. The adjective alone cannot decide that he only causes fear or only removes it.
Places to read
- Hymn XI · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἔκπαγλε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XI.7