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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Nocturnal; of night
Meaning
νύχιαι describes the Eumenides at LXX.9, whereas νυχίης qualifies heat near the Moirai’s dark lake at LIX.3. The unusual “night-heat” belongs to the local description and should not be normalized into daylight merely because heat and darkness are unexpected together.
Places to read
- Hymn LIX · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
νύχιαι; νυχίης
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LIX.3; LXX.9