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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- above
Meaning
Heaven is above in Rhea's generative description at XIV.10. The adverb sets a spatial contrast within the line's cosmic frame. It is not itself a name for a separate upper realm or a second occurrence of the noun οὐρανός.
Places to read
- Hymn XIV · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὕπερθε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XIV.10