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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- wear or bear
Meaning
Herakles wears or bears Dawn and dark Night around his head at XII.11. The sustained bearing verb makes the two cosmic figures part of a striking head-image. It remains distinct from simple φέρω, even when both can be rendered bear.
Places to read
- Hymn XII · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φορεῖς
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XII.11