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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- primeval
Meaning
Nomos is primeval at LXIV.10, and the Moirai passage associates boundless lawful rule with primeval law at LIX.10. The adjective marks earliest antiquity in these praises of order. It does not require inventing descent from a named Ogyges.
Places to read
- Hymn LIX · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὠγύγιος; ὠγυγίου
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LIX.10; LXIV.10