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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- shaker of everything
Meaning
Zeus is invoked as παντοτινάκτης after earth-shaker, increaser and purifier (XV.8). The compound broadens shaking beyond the earth named in the neighbouring epithet. Its force is active and expansive: Zeus is the shaker, not something shaken.
Places to read
- Hymn XV · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
παντοτινάκτα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. XV.8