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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- loving solitary places
Meaning
Hekate and Adonis love solitary or deserted places (I.4; LVI.2). The epithet locates an affinity with such spaces rather than saying the gods have no companions. Their wider invocations can therefore name company without contradicting this landscape preference.
Places to read
- Hymn I · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φιλέρημε; φιλέρημον
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. I.4; LVI.2