Explained vocabulary

Helmswoman — κυβερνήτειρα

κυβερνήτειρα

kybernēteira

Nature is κυβερνήτειρα at X.3, among descriptions of her comprehensive power.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Helmswoman; directing power

Meaning

Nature is κυβερνήτειρα at X.3, among descriptions of her comprehensive power. The feminine agent noun brings a helmsman’s directing activity into an address to the goddess; it need not describe an actual vessel in the scene.

Places to read

  1. Hymn X · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

κυβερνήτειρα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. X.3

Lexical references

LSJ n60491 (n60491)