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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- understanding or prudence
Meaning
Athena is understanding for the good, in contrast to frenzy for the bad at XXXII.9. The moral opposition is explicit and gives the noun its local force. A later technical philosophical definition is unnecessary to explain the contrast and should not be presumed from the word alone.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXII · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φρόνησις
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXII.9