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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- far away; from afar
Meaning
Death grants people a span of life insofar as he remains far from them (LXXXVII.2). The adverb marks protective distance, not the direction from which a messenger arrives. That spatial idea prepares for the closing request that Death approach only after long life.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVII · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πόρρωθεν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVII.2