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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- bulwark, defence
Meaning
Ares is the bulwark of Olympos in the appended hymn (LXXXVIII.3). The defensive enclosure image makes his armed power protective of a named divine place, rather than only destructive.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἕρκος
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVIII.3