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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Loosening the limbs
Meaning
The Eumenides are λυσιμελεῖς οἴστρῳ at LXX.9: frenzy is what makes limbs give way or lose their strength. Here loosening is threatening, not the welcome delivery from care found in other λυσι- compounds.
Places to read
- Hymn LXX · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
λυσιμελεῖς
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXX.9