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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- kill
Meaning
Phersephone kills all while continually nourishing all at XXIX.16. The direct verb is not a harmless synonym for seasonal change; killing and sustaining are deliberately paired. Preserving both keeps the goddess's power from being reduced to a uniformly benevolent fertility role.
Places to read
- Hymn XXIX · Line 16Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φονεύεις
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXIX.16