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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- benevolently; with favour
Meaning
Sleep is asked to preserve the initiates εὐμενέως at LXXXV.10. The adverb describes how he acts, not the condition of the initiates: his protection is to be favourably disposed toward their divine works. The printed Ionic ending -έως belongs with the dictionary access form εὐμενῶς.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXV · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
εὐμενέως
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXV.10