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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- before; previously
Meaning
Proteus knows what was before as well as what is now and will be later (XXV.4–5). πρόσθεν supplies the past member of that temporal span. Its force is temporal here, not a location physically in front of the god.
Places to read
- Hymn XXV · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πρόσθεν
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXV.5