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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- from above
Meaning
The appended Ares is asked to shine gentle radiance from above into human life at LXXXVIII.10. The adverb gives the direction of the wished-for beneficent influence. It does not by itself name a particular planet or assign the god to a measured altitude.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὑψόθεν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVIII.10