Explained vocabulary

Anger — χόλος

χόλος

kholos

Fortune's anger accompanies the poverty she can give (LXXII.8), while Dream's hymn speaks of anger dissolved through prayers and sacrifices (LXXXVI.11).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
anger

Meaning

Fortune's anger accompanies the poverty she can give (LXXII.8), while Dream's hymn speaks of anger dissolved through prayers and sacrifices (LXXXVI.11). These are divine or ruling powers' anger, not automatically the worshipper's emotion. The requested relief depends on whose hostility is at issue.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

χόλον

Occurrence inventory

2 in total. LXXII.8; LXXXVI.11

Consequential readings

AV127_02

Lexical references

LSJ χόλος (n114362)