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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- abundance; multitude
Meaning
Tyche fashions an abundance of possessions for some people (LXXII.7). The genitive κτεάνων tells what there is much of, and πολύολβον presents it as prosperity. Here πλῆθος is not a political populace or a countable assembly.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πλῆθος
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXII.7