Explained vocabulary

Rouse, awaken — ἐπεγείρω

ἐπεγείρω

epegeirō

Mnemosyne awakens everyone’s understanding and is asked to rouse memory in the initiates (LXXVII.8–9).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
rouse, awaken

Meaning

Mnemosyne awakens everyone’s understanding and is asked to rouse memory in the initiates (LXXVII.8–9). Dike instead rouses justice against wrongdoers (LXII.8). The object determines whether activation is mental or judicial.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἐπέγειρε; ἐπεγείρεις; ἐπεγείρουσα

Occurrence inventory

3 in total. LXII.8; LXXVII.8; LXXVII.9

Lexical references

LSJ ἐπεγείρω (n38434)