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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- tongue, speech
Meaning
Hermes is addressed as a formidable weapon of the tongue (XXVIII.10). The genitive turns the bodily organ into an image of speech and its force. The reverence expressed in the line warns against reducing this weapon to mere deception.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVIII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
γλώσσης
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXVIII.10