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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Young in age
Meaning
At LXXXVII.7 νεοήλικας qualifies the primes of life cut short by Death. Youth belongs to the flourishing stages that he ends, making the loss premature in human terms; the word is not a title for newly initiated people.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
νεοήλικας
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVII.7