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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- sign; indication
Meaning
The closing appeal to Dream asks him not to show signs of evils in strange forms (LXXXVI.18). The plural noun names what the dream-disclosure indicates, not the evils themselves. The surrounding negatives are important: this is an unwanted mode of revelation, not an invitation to produce frightening signs.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVI · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
σημεῖα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVI.18