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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Baneful; potentially harmful
Meaning
Dream is οὖλος at LXXXVI.1 even while addressed as blessed. The alarming adjective fits the hymn’s concern with warning and frightening manifestations; it must not be suppressed by the later request for helpful messages. This is the harmful homograph, not “woolly” or “whole.”
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVI · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
οὖλε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVI.1