Explained vocabulary

Wholly blessed — παμμάκαρ

παμμάκαρ

pammakar

At XIX.3 Zeus’s thunder shakes the seat of the παμμάκαρες.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Wholly blessed; all-blessed

Meaning

At XIX.3 Zeus’s thunder shakes the seat of the παμμάκαρες. The plural is substantive for the all-blessed gods, whose abode is the object shaken. The intensifier does not make the noun denote all human recipients of blessings.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

παμμακάρων

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XIX.3

Lexical references

LSJ πάμμακαρ (n77065)