From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- uncompleted; unending
Meaning
Nature is an “uncompleted completion” at X.8: ἀτελής directly qualifies τελευτή. The phrase deliberately joins completion with the denial of a final limit. It is not an assertion that Nature is uninitiated, despite the possibility of initiation-related senses in other contexts.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἀτελής
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. X.8