From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- To travel; to make one’s way
Meaning
Ouranos and Nomos journey in cosmic settings, a good life travels in even balance at LXIII.13, and the gods’ good mind makes its way to people at LXXXVI.7. The verb supplies progression along a course, whether spatial, biographical, or communicative. The good-life petition prints subjunctive ὁδεύῃ against reported optative ὁδεύοι, a difference of construction rather than a new meaning of travel.
Places to read
- Hymn IV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὁδεύει; ὁδεύῃ; ὁδεύων
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. IV.4; LXIII.13; LXIV.5; LXXXVI.7