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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- sleep
Meaning
At LVII.9 Hermes awakens those who are sleeping after enchanting them with his rod. The participle identifies the persons in that state, while the surrounding verbs give Hermes both a sleep-related and a waking action. It is not itself the name of the personified Sleep addressed elsewhere.
Places to read
- Hymn LVII · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὑπνώοντας
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LVII.9