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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- drive out, expel
Meaning
Herakles is asked to drive out evil ruin while brandishing a branch (XII.15). The imperative directs his force toward removing a threat from the petitioners, not toward inflicting harm on a named human enemy.
Places to read
- Hymn XII · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐξέλασον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XII.15