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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- plainly visible; manifest
Meaning
Meilinoe is at one time visible, at another dark (LXXI.8). The adjective’s force emerges through that alternating construction. It describes one mode of her appearance, not an unchanging condition that would contradict the following darkness.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXI · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
προφανής
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXI.8