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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Alone; sole
Meaning
μόνος and the epic μουνο- forms intensify a particular hymn’s claim: Nike alone ends contest, Leukothea alone releases sea-doom, and Sleep alone rules all. Other uses mark a unique response, such as Hades alone hating Health or Death alone resisting entreaty. The assertion is real within its sentence, but the many differently addressed “alone” claims should not be combined into one exclusive divine ranking.
Places to read
- Hymn II · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μόνη; μόνος; μούνη; μούνην; μοῦνος; μούνῳ
Occurrence inventory
22 in total. II.3; II.10; X.9; X.24; X.28; XVI.7; XVIII.16; XXIX.11; XXIX.15; XXXIII.2; LVIII.8; LIX.11; LXI.3; LXII.8; LXIV.8; LXVIII.6; LXVIII.11; LXXIV.6; LXXV.7; LXXXV.3; LXXXVII.8; LXXXVII.9