From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- sweet, agreeable
Meaning
Nature is sweet to the obedient but bitter to the base (X.15), so the contrast evaluates how her power is experienced. Sweet sleep at dawn (LXXVIII.9) is simply pleasant rest, even though Eos is about to shake it away.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
γλυκεῖα; γλυκὺν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. X.15; LXXVIII.9