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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- strong-handed
Meaning
Heracles, Hephaestus, and Ares are strong-handed. The shared compound fits different kinds of effective force: heroic labour, divine craft and fire, and martial power. It praises the capability of the hands rather than asserting that their actions are identical.
Places to read
- Hymn XII · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
καρτερόχειρ
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XII.2; LXVI.3; LXXXVIII.3