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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- life-destroying
Meaning
Hades, who hates Hygieia, is life-destroying at LXVIII.6. Soul-destroying is also lexically possible, but the immediate contrast is deadly Hades against Health. The compound by itself is not a developed doctrine about the ultimate annihilation of souls.
Places to read
- Hymn LXVIII · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ψυχοφθόρος
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXVIII.6