From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- silent
Meaning
Dream arrives silently in the stillness of sweet sleep, then addresses mortal souls (LXXXVI.3–4). The juxtaposition makes silence part of his distinctive communication. It is not, without further evidence, an instruction that the human performers of the hymn must keep silent.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVI · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
σιγηλὸς
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVI.3