Explained vocabulary

Path — ἀταρπός

ἀταρπός

atarpos

The Stars administer a divine path for mortal humans at VII.7.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
path; track

Meaning

The Stars administer a divine path for mortal humans at VII.7. The route image connects celestial oversight with human movement or conduct, but the line does not map a sequence of initiatory stations. “Path” should remain concrete enough to guide the image without inventing a fully specified itinerary.

Places to read

  1. Hymn VII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἀταρπόν

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. VII.7

Lexical references

LSJ ἀτραπός (n17173)