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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- shield-bearing
Meaning
Ares bears a shield in the appended hymn (LXXXVIII.2). The compound contributes a specific item to the opening martial portrait. The subsequent request for gentleness does not remove this armour from the description; it asks the armed power to act favourably.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φέρασπι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVIII.2