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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Visible appearance; face; vision
Meaning
Eos’s supreme ὄψις at LXXVIII.8 is her visible presence or face, from which no one escapes. At LXXXVI.14 an ὄψις is a dream-vision that announces evil. The noun can therefore designate what appears outwardly or a visionary experience, not merely the organ called an eye.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXVIII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὄψιν; ὄψις
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LXXVIII.8; LXXXVI.14