Explained vocabulary

Fruitful — κάρπιμος

κάρπιμος

karpimos

Helios, Pan, and Dionysus receive the epithet κάρπιμος.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
fruitful; productive

Meaning

Helios, Pan, and Dionysus receive the epithet κάρπιμος. Their surrounding descriptions concern light, growth, or flourishing produce, so fruitfulness is an active benefit of their presence. Its application to several gods shows a shared productive quality, not that every bearer is the same agricultural deity.

Places to read

  1. Hymn VIII · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

κάρπιμε

Occurrence inventory

3 in total. VIII.12; XI.11; LIII.8