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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- base or bad
Meaning
Nature is bitter to the base in contrast to those who obey (X.15), and Eros is asked to remove bad impulses (LVIII.10). The first occurrence classifies persons; the second qualifies their movements of desire or action. Neither needs the adjective's other possible sense of ordinary or trivial.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φαύλοισι; φαύλους
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. X.15; LVIII.10