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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- making one shudder
Meaning
Ares and Daimon are fearsome (LXV.4; LXXIII.1), while Rhea delights in mortals' awe-inspiring cries (XIV.6). In the latter line the cries bear the adjective, not mortals as a class. The shared shudder-language can thus characterize a deity or a powerful sound.
Places to read
- Hymn XIV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φρικτέ; φρικτοῖς; φρικτόν
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XIV.6; LXV.4; LXXIII.1