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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- bear down heavily
Meaning
Dike bears down on the unjust as a righteous avenger (LXII.4). Weight becomes an image of judicial pressure, with the dative identifying those subjected to it.
Places to read
- Hymn LXII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐπιβρίθουσα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXII.4