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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- ward off; protect from
Meaning
Health wards off disease’s grievous distress, while Palaimon averts harsh wrath on the sea’s swell (LXVIII.13; LXXV.8). The participles name protective action directed against the harmful object. They do not simply describe the protector moving away from the people seeking help.
Places to read
- Hymn LXVIII · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ῥυομένη; ῥυόμενος
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LXVIII.13; LXXV.8