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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Severe wrath
Meaning
The Titans and Korybas are asked to send harsh μῆνις away, while Palaimon wards it off on the sea. The repeated adjective χαλεπή underscores the danger from which the prayer seeks relief. The word does not independently identify whose anger is meant in every passage.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μῆνιν
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XXXVII.7; XXXIX.9; LXXV.8