From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
Browse this book’s lexicon →- English renderings
- apparition
Meaning
Meilinoe maddens mortals through airy apparitions at LXXI.6. The dative plural makes the apparitions the means of the disturbing action. This is a distinct noun from φαντασία and should not be replaced with a modern clinical diagnosis or a theory of imagination.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXI · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φαντάσμασιν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXI.6