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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- guardian
Meaning
The Kouretes are guardians at XXXI.4, while Heaven guards all by enclosing everything at IV.5. The second is a cosmic protective image, not an institutional guard office. In each case the surrounding description supplies what guarding means and how it is exercised.
Places to read
- Hymn IV · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
φύλακες; φύλαξ
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. IV.5; XXXI.4