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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Again; back; in turn
Meaning
πάλιν marks recurrence or return: Night changes sphere or retreats, Dionysos rouses the trieteric revel again, Adonis returns towards Olympos, and Hermes wakes sleepers again. The recurring motion is supplied by each verb; the adverb alone does not prove that these different cycles have one identical duration.
Places to read
- Hymn III · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πάλι; πάλιν
Occurrence inventory
5 in total. III.8; III.10; LIII.5; LVI.11; LVII.9