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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- sea
Meaning
The feminine noun ἅλς means sea in both supplied uses: the Kouretes range across it, and Leucothea rescues mortals from a pitiable doom in it. Its forms resemble those of the masculine word for salt, but the actions and constructions identify the maritime sense here. Retaining that distinction prevents a literal salt gloss from obscuring the geography of divine help.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVIII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἅλα; ἁλὶ
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXXVIII.8; LXXIV.6