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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- rock
Meaning
The sea breaks long waves against beaches and rocks at XXII.4. The dative plural marks the surfaces receiving their impact. Unlike the rock-flowing description of the Nymphs, this passage makes the rock a resistant shore, not the source from which water emerges.
Places to read
- Hymn XXII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πέτρῃσί
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXII.4