Explained vocabulary

Offspring — ἔκγονος

ἔκγονος

ekgonos

Pallas is august offspring of great Zeus (XXXII.1).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
offspring

Meaning

Pallas is august offspring of great Zeus (XXXII.1). The genitive names her parent, while the surrounding sole-born epithet gives a separate qualification. Offspring itself does not explain a particular mechanism of birth.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXII · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἔκγονε

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXII.1

Lexical references

LSJ ἔκγονος (n31809)