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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- master of all
Meaning
Herakles and Dionysos receive the vocative παντοδυνάστα (XII.4; XLV.2). In the former hymn it accompanies fierce spirit and urgent supplication; in the latter it follows a sequence of Bacchic names. The title praises comprehensive mastery without specifying one administrative office or one exclusive ruler.
Places to read
- Hymn XII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
παντοδυνάστα
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XII.4; XLV.2