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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Grievous; dismal
Meaning
λυγρόν qualifies the water near the Moirai at LIX.3. Together with the dark lake and shadowy cave it makes the setting troubling. The apparatus attributes the printed adjective to Wiel and reports λευκόν, “white”; the adopted emotional darkness is not a neutral colour translation of that alternative.
Places to read
- Hymn LIX · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λυγρὸν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LIX.3