Explained vocabulary

Head — κάρηνον

κάρηνον

karēnon

The speaker in appended Ares asks for bitter weakness or baseness to be driven from his head at LXXXVIII.12.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
head

Meaning

The speaker in appended Ares asks for bitter weakness or baseness to be driven from his head at LXXXVIII.12. The noun locates the unwanted condition within the speaker’s own experience. It does not identify a medical disorder or require a literal substance to be removed.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

καρήνου

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXVIII.12