Explained vocabulary

Bend back or restrain — ὑπογνάμπτω

ὑπογνάμπτω

hupognamptō

In the appended Ares hymn the speaker asks that the soul's deceptive impulse be bent back or restrained in the mind (LXXXVIII.13).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

Browse this book’s lexicon →
English renderings
bend back or restrain

Meaning

In the appended Ares hymn the speaker asks that the soul's deceptive impulse be bent back or restrained in the mind (LXXXVIII.13). The physical image of bending becomes self-restraint. Its place in the appendix should remain explicit rather than being used to establish one uniform psychology for the core collection.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ὑπογνάμψαι

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXVIII.13

Lexical references

LSJ ὑπογνάμπτω (n108199)