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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- anticipate; grasp beforehand
Meaning
Dream allows the good to be grasped beforehand in human purposes (LXXXVI.8). The passive participle προληφθέν agrees with τὸ καλόν, identifying what is anticipated. The compound concerns advance apprehension, not the later enjoyment of the good itself.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVI · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
προληφθέν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVI.8