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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- covering; veil
Meaning
The heavenly προκάλυμμα at XIX.17 is in apposition to the garment named just before it: the covering is torn as the thunderbolt is released. It is neither the subject performing the release nor another word for the thunderbolt. The apparatus changes the releasing verb, while the covering-image remains.
Places to read
- Hymn XIX · Line 17Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
προκάλυμμ’
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XIX.17