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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Battle-press; tumult of combat
Meaning
In appended Ares, LXXXVIII.17, the speaker asks to escape enemies’ μόθος and violent dooms. The noun evokes the crowded force or turmoil of fighting, making peace desirable as release from a concrete danger rather than merely an abstract virtue.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 17Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μόθον
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVIII.17