Explained vocabulary

Female ruler — κράντειρα

κράντειρα

kranteira

Nature, the Mother, and Tyche are addressed as κράντειρα, a power who rules or brings matters to accomplishment.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
female ruler; accomplisher

Meaning

Nature, the Mother, and Tyche are addressed as κράντειρα, a power who rules or brings matters to accomplishment. The title emphasizes effective agency rather than a merely honourable position. Tyche’s opening calls her a good accomplisher at the prayers, making the desired direction of that effectiveness explicit.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

κράντειρα; κράντειραν

Occurrence inventory

3 in total. X.12; XXVII.2; LXXII.1

Lexical references

LSJ n59646 (n59646)