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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- master; control
Meaning
Necessity masters everything at III.11. Eros, Nomos, and Death hold the tiller of the beings under their respective sway, using a governing image of steering. The verb expresses effective control; the repeated tiller does not imply literal navigation of one shared vessel by all three powers at once.
Places to read
- Hymn III · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
κρατύνει; κρατύνεις
Occurrence inventory
4 in total. III.11; LVIII.8; LXIV.8; LXXXVII.1