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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- be; come to be
Meaning
Every generation comes from the Titans at XXXVII.6, where πέλει expresses existence or coming-to-be. Prayer.42 uses the epic ἔπλετο in a statement about the greatness of Beginning and End. These forms belong to the same broad being/becoming vocabulary, not to a verb inferred afresh from ἔπλετο alone.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 42Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἔπλετο; πέλει
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. Prayer.42; XXXVII.6
Other access forms
πέλομαι