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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- fall
Meaning
High-crowned trees fall uprooted to the earth in the Kouretes’ storm-scene (XXXVIII.18). The singular πίπτει has a neuter plural subject, δένδρεα, a regular Greek agreement pattern. The verb describes the trees’ collapse rather than making the Kouretes themselves fall.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXVIII · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πίπτει
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXVIII.18