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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- nourish
Meaning
Earth nourishes the living creatures over whom Sleep rules at LXXXV.2. The verb makes sustained life the common ground of Sleep's dominion. It is not here a statement that Sleep feeds them or that Earth produces their dreams.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXXV · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
τρέφει
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXXV.2