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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- All-begetter
Meaning
Zeus is παγγενέτης in the lightning hymn and in the gentle, life-giving address of LXXIII.2. The noun expresses comprehensive generation in both contexts, despite the contrast between storm-power and beneficence. It is a distinct formation from παγγενέτωρ.
Places to read
- Hymn XX · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
παγγενέτην
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XX.5; LXXIII.2