From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- aberrant, out of place
Meaning
Eros is asked to send away base and outlandish impulses (LVIII.10). The adjective qualifies impulses, not people of foreign origin. In this moral pairing it marks what is alien to the desired good disposition or improperly directed.
Places to read
- Hymn LVIII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐκτοπίους
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LVIII.10