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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Running by night
Meaning
Mene is νυκτιδρόμος at IX.2 beside an epithet of travelling through the air. Night-running therefore describes the Moon’s course. The printed nominative against the reported vocative νυκτιδρόμε is a difference of form within the address, not a change to the activity.
Places to read
- Hymn IX · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
νυκτιδρόμος
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. IX.2