From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- one’s own father; self-fathering
Meaning
Nature is her own father immediately before she is called fatherless at X.10. The juxtaposition expresses self-origin through an intentionally exceptional kinship image. It should not be divided into two sequential claims about ordinary biological parentage.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
αὐτοπάτωρ
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. X.10