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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- above; superior to
Meaning
Nature is above sceptre-bearing powers at X.25, where position expresses superior rank. At XI.17 the phrase is spatial: the eye of lightest fire lies above the head in Pan’s cosmic description. The common upward relation does not require the two passages to describe the same physical arrangement.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 25Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐφύπερθε; ἐφύπερθεν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. X.25; XI.17