From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- mind or inward understanding
Meaning
Athena delights her own mind, and Mnemosyne awakens mind in all (XXXII.5; LXXVII.8). The thunderbolt prayer asks for what is fitting in thought, while the appended Ares prayer seeks restraint of deceptive impulse in the mind (XIX.20; LXXXVIII.13). The possessor of φρεσίν in the former should not be over-specified without its syntax; these uses concern inward judgment and response rather than one fixed technical faculty.
Places to read
- Hymn XIX · Line 20Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φρένα; φρεσὶν
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. XIX.20; XXXII.5; LXXVII.8; LXXXVIII.13