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Orphic Hymns · thesis 10>11

Thesis 10>11

Latin

Frustra Palemonem et Leucotheam adibit, qui Nereum non attraxerit, nec Nereum attrahet qui circa primariam animalem trinitatem operatus non fuerit.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 25786

Apparatus (Farmer): 1487 palimonem

1487 prints 'palimonem' for 'Palemonem' (farmer1998:25797).

English

Without first drawing down Nereus, one approaches Palaemon and Leucothea to no purpose; and Nereus himself will not be drawn down by anyone who has not worked upon the first animate trinity.

Sense checked against farmer1998:25841; no divergence.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T09b; sense checked against farmer1998:25841; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 10>, on the way of understanding the Orphic hymns) · Pico's stance: endorses

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