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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Windless; breath-forsaken
Meaning
Hades is λιπόπνοον at XVIII.9. The compound conveys an absence of moving air or breath, and the local lexical interpretation is a deadly stillness. The English “breath-forsaken” preserves the bodily resonance, but cannot by itself establish what happens to souls there.
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λιπόπνοον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XVIII.9