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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- dark; obscured
Meaning
Protogonos disperses dark mist from the eyes, while Meilinoe alternates between visible and dark appearances (VI.6; LXXI.8). In the first passage darkness belongs to an obstruction; in the second it characterizes the goddess’s manifestation. The noun being qualified is essential to the contrast.
Places to read
- Hymn VI · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
σκοτόεσσα; σκοτόεσσαν
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. VI.6; LXXI.8