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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- reverent; pious people
Meaning
The dative plural describes the people who receive divine benefit. Helios guides the reverent toward good things while confronting the irreverent at VIII.8; LXXXVI.12 says their outcome is sweeter. The adjective identifies a relational and ethical contrast, not a separately defined institutional grade of initiation.
Places to read
- Hymn VIII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
εὐσεβέσιν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. VIII.8; LXXXVI.12