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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- circling about
Meaning
The feminine plural calls the Horai circling powers between their ever-blooming and sweet-faced descriptions (XLIII.5). Their recurrent movement fits the surrounding growth imagery. The compound marks their motion, not a geographical group of islands.
Places to read
- Hymn XLIII · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
περικυκλάδες
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XLIII.5