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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Gentle; gracious; propitious
Meaning
The adjective describes Fortune, Zeus, and the gentle gods of the Prayer. It presents divine power in a favourable relation to people, especially where goods or life are at issue. It is a quality of the addressed beings, not a promise that no other aspect of them can be formidable.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 30Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μειλιχίην; μειλίχιον; μειλιχίους
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. Prayer.30; LXXII.2; LXXIII.2