Explained vocabulary

Skilled in every craft — παντοτεχνής

παντοτεχνής

pantotekhnēs

Physis’s παντοτεχνές stands beside “moulder” and the imagery of many foundations (X.20).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
skilled in every craft

Meaning

Physis’s παντοτεχνές stands beside “moulder” and the imagery of many foundations (X.20). The compound presents her productivity through craft-language: she has the range of every art, rather than simply one specialized skill. It does not require that the hymn be describing a human workshop.

Places to read

  1. Hymn X · Line 20Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

παντοτεχνές

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. X.20

Lexical references

LSJ παντοτεχνής (n77675)