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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- bounding all around
Meaning
The adjective qualifies the earth’s encircling boundary, around which Oceanus surges (LXXXIII.3). Here the circle bounds the earth, an active relation supported by the context. Translating it merely as “bounded” would reverse the direction of that relation.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXIII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
περιτέρμονα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXIII.3