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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- gloomy
Meaning
Dawn dispels night’s gloomy course at LXXVIII.4. The adopted ζοφόεντα has a normally masculine accusative ending, although πορείην is feminine; this grammatical difficulty should remain visible rather than be silently corrected. The apparatus reports ζοφερήν τε and separately asks about a fuller alternative phrase. The query is not an adopted repair.
Places to read
- Hymn LXXVIII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ζοφόεντα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXXVIII.4