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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- To be going to happen; impending
Meaning
The substantivized participles μέλλοντα and μελλόντων name future matters that Dream discloses or announces. At LXXXVI.13 μέλλουσαν instead qualifies impending necessity, which is not disclosed to the wicked. Futurity is constant; who receives warning and what they may do with it belongs to the surrounding argument.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVI · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μέλλοντα; μελλόντων; μέλλουσαν
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. LXXXVI.2; LXXXVI.6; LXXXVI.13