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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- Queen of all
Meaning
Nature, Rheia, Hera, Artemis, Health, Semele, and earth receive παμβασίλεια. The word elevates the addressed figure’s sovereignty within the local hymn; applied to earth, it also personifies the domain called queen of all. It is the queen-title, not the differently accented abstract παμβασιλεία for absolute monarchy, and its repeated use does not establish one exclusive ruler over all others.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 16Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
παμβασίλεια; παμβασίλειαν
Occurrence inventory
9 in total. X.16; XI.2; XIV.7; XVI.2; XVI.9; XVIII.6; XXXVI.11; XLIV.1; LXVIII.1