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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- nourishing all
Meaning
Physis and Earth receive this epithet. It locates their universal reach in nourishment, while Earth’s neighbouring “all-destroying” prevents that nourishing role from becoming her whole description (XXVI.2). The same vocative form can address a feminine deity.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πάντροφε
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. X.12; XXVI.2