From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- wholly august; deeply revered
Meaning
The opening instruction to Musaeus calls the sacrificial service περισέμνην (Prayer.1). The adjective intensifies its revered character before the long invocation begins. Its object is the service to be learned, not Musaeus’s personal rank or a separate class of divinity.
Places to read
- Prayer to Musaeus · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
περισέμνην
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. Prayer.1