From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- rule; hold under control
Meaning
Hera, Plouton, Nike, Aphrodite, Health, and Sleep exercise power over the persons or shares named in their hymns. The passive at XXVII.8 instead makes rivers and sea the things controlled by the Mother. Death loosens nature’s firmly held bonds at LXXXVII.4. These uses share control but differ in agency and voice; not every form is a title meaning ruler.
Places to read
- Hymn XVI · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
κεκρατημένα; κρατέεις; κρατέονται
Occurrence inventory
8 in total. XVI.7; XVIII.11; XXVII.8; XXXIII.6; LV.5; LXVIII.11; LXXXV.3; LXXXVII.4