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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- soothe; enchant
Meaning
Chthonic Hermes enchants everything with a sleep-giving wand at LVII.8. Asclepius instead soothes the painful afflictions of human disease at LXVII.2. The shared verb concerns an effective calming or captivating action, but the object distinguishes sleep-enchantment from relief of illness.
Places to read
- Hymn LVII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
θέλγων
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. LVII.8; LXVII.2