Explained vocabulary

Mightiest — κράτιστος

κράτιστος

kratistos

Nature is mightiest above the sceptre-bearing powers at X.25.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
mightiest

Meaning

Nature is mightiest above the sceptre-bearing powers at X.25. The feminine superlative strengthens her rank within the hymn’s own address. It need not be harmonized with every other deity’s superlative praise as though the collection were a single formal table of comparative power.

Places to read

  1. Hymn X · Line 25Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

κρατίστη

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. X.25

Lexical references

LSJ n59735 (n59735)