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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- In the innermost depths
Meaning
The Erinyes are μύχιαι in their hidden homes at LXIX.3. At XXIII.6 the same adjective qualifies the recesses in which Nereus confines winds. Inner depth can therefore be a divine dwelling or a place of containment; it does not always mean the underworld as a whole.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIII · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μύχιαι; μυχίοις
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXIII.6; LXIX.3