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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- reach; arrive
Meaning
Wisdom reaches a good completion of excellence in Dikaiosyne at LXIII.11. Sleep, by contrast, is asked to arrive as a soothing presence at LXXXV.9. The same motion-verb can therefore express attainment of an outcome or the coming of a deity; the subject and destination supply the distinction.
Places to read
- Hymn LXIII · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἱκάνει; ἱκάνειν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LXIII.11; LXXXV.9