Explained vocabulary

Come to — προσέρχομαι

προσέρχομαι

proserkhomai

Sleep comes to everyone while alone having power over all (LXXXV.3).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
come to; approach

Meaning

Sleep comes to everyone while alone having power over all (LXXXV.3). The dative πᾶσι specifies the recipients of his approach. The verb presents universal visitation, in contrast to passages where a god’s arrival is desired only under particular conditions.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXXV · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

προσέρχῃ

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXV.3

Lexical references

LSJ προσέρχομαι (n89311)