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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Now; at one time
Meaning
At XXXIV.17 ὁτὲ μέν begins an alternation in Apollo’s musical movement: now to the nete’s limits, then elsewhere in the following line. The word organizes successive positions within the harmonic description rather than naming a musical mode itself.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXIV · Line 17Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὁτὲ
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXIV.17