From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Gloom; night-darkness
Meaning
At XXXIV.13 Apollo’s vision extends through night’s stillness beneath star-eyed ὄρφνη. Darkness is imagined as having the stars for eyes, so the noun is not simply equivalent to total absence of visible light.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXIV · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὄρφνης
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXIV.13