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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- bow-shooting
Meaning
Apollo is bow-shooting at XXXIV.6. This compound emphasizes the projectile action associated with the bow, beside the hymn's other powerful and musical descriptions. The bow is present through the compound's lexical meaning, not as a separately printed simplex noun in that line.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXIV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
τοξοβέλεμνε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXXIV.6