Explained vocabulary

All-shining — παμφαής

παμφαής

pamphaēs

Protogonos is an all-shining shoot at VI.5 while also hidden and unspeakable.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
All-shining

Meaning

Protogonos is an all-shining shoot at VI.5 while also hidden and unspeakable. The adjective supplies radiance, making its coexistence with concealment a genuine feature of the line rather than an error to be removed by translation.

Places to read

  1. Hymn VI · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

παμφαὲς

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. VI.5

Consequential readings

AV015_04

Lexical references

LSJ παμφαής (n77135)