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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- high-crowned
Meaning
High-crowned trees are uprooted in the Kouretes' disturbance at XXXVIII.18. The adjective gives height to their tops before the verse overturns that imposing stability. It is the trees, not the Kouretes' heads, that bear the epithet here.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVIII · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὑψικάρην’
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXVIII.18