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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- pleasure or delight
Meaning
At LXXXVI.8–9 the good, anticipated in thought, may lead human life onward with delights. The plural τερπωλαῖς belongs to this purpose-clause, whose subject is τὸ καλόν, not Dream. Dream reveals what is coming in the preceding clauses; the resulting delight should not be flattened into an unconditional promise that all dreaming is pleasant.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXVI · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
τερπωλαῖς
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXVI.9