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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Right; sound; undeviating
Meaning
Dream is asked to approach with right purposes at LXXXVI.17, while Nomos accompanies the straightest purposes at LXIV.9. The geometrical idea of straightness becomes a judgment about intention, reinforced for Nomos by “unwarped.” The superlative belongs to the same adjective.
Places to read
- Hymn LXIV · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ὀρθαῖς; ὀρθοτάταις
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LXIV.9; LXXXVI.17