From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Highly exalted; stately
Meaning
Dikaiosyne is μεγαλαυχής at LXIII.3, alongside all-honoured and blessed in lot. In this praise-setting the force is elevated dignity, not necessarily the blameworthy boastfulness that a related idea of vaunting could suggest elsewhere.
Places to read
- Hymn LXIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μεγαλαυχές
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXIII.3