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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- keep or guard
Meaning
Nomos keeps the ordered arrangement unbending and free from faction through laws at LXIV.4. The participle makes preservation an ongoing activity. What is guarded is an ordered condition, not a physical door or a captive person, so keep or maintain is more precise here than an automatically military guard.
Places to read
- Hymn LXIV · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
τηροῦντα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXIV.4