From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- scale-pan; balance
Meaning
The heavy scale-pans at LXIII.7 occur in the portrayal of people who greedily tilt judgment aside. The instrument gives inequality a visible form of lost balance. The hymn’s subsequent preference for equality explains why the image is accusatory rather than a neutral description of weighing.
Places to read
- Hymn LXIII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πλάστιγξι
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXIII.7