From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- yoke, bind under
Meaning
Aphrodite yokes mortals in unbridled necessities (LV.13). The paired images are forceful: those subjected are yoked, while the necessities themselves are unbridled. The compound intensifies subjection, not a free choice by the mortals.
Places to read
- Hymn LV · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐνζεύξασα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LV.13