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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Grief; distress
Meaning
The keys of grief and joy are held in the daimon addressed at LXXIII.6, making λύπη one side of a contrast in human experience. Sleep works consolation for every grief at LXXXV.6. In neither passage is it limited to bereavement: distress more broadly fits the requested relief.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXIII · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λύπης
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LXXIII.6; LXXXV.6