From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- vice; moral baseness
Meaning
Dikaiosyne is asked to crush mortals’ κακία at LXIII.12. Her opposition to greed, crooked scales, and excess makes moral baseness the local sense, rather than the misfortunes people merely suffer. Compare κακότης, whose two contexts require different choices between adversity and baseness.
Places to read
- Hymn LXIII · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
κακίην
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXIII.12