Explained vocabulary

Outside, away, free from — ἐκτός

ἐκτός

ektos

Nomos drives worthless envy outside (LXIV.6), making the adverb the destination of expulsion.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
outside, away, free from

Meaning

Nomos drives worthless envy outside (LXIV.6), making the adverb the destination of expulsion. Mnemosyne keeps memory outside mind-harming deceit (LXXVII.3), where it describes freedom from a damaging condition. The latter construction protects memory rather than condemning it.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXIV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐκτὸς

Occurrence inventory

2 in total. LXIV.6; LXXVII.3

Consequential readings

AV098_04

Lexical references

LSJ ἐκτός (n33059)