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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Circling; recurrent
Meaning
The Graces are called κυκλάδες at LX.10, whereas the dative κυκλάσιν qualifies seasons in the Dionysos and Adonis hymns. The first can evoke circling movement; the seasonal uses express recurrence, including Adonis’s alternation between extinction and shining. Circular dance and recurring time meet in the imagery but are not grammatically the same object.
Places to read
- Hymn LIII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
κυκλάδες; κυκλάσιν
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. LIII.7; LVI.5; LX.10