From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- destroyer of all
Meaning
Earth is all-destroying in the same line that calls her all-nourishing, all-giving and fulfilment-bringing (XXVI.2). The epithet preserves the destructive side of the hymn’s comprehensive account. Translating the whole sequence only as fertility would remove an intentional contrast.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVI · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
παντολέτειρα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XXVI.2