Explained vocabulary

Rich in fruit — πολύκαρπος

πολύκαρπος

polykarpos

Aphrodite’s comprehensive generative reach includes what lives in the much-fruited earth (LV.6).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
rich in fruit

Meaning

Aphrodite’s comprehensive generative reach includes what lives in the much-fruited earth (LV.6). The dative πολυκάρπῳ agrees with γαίῃ. It describes Earth’s abundant productivity within this larger catalogue rather than counting a particular crop.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

πολυκάρπῳ

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LV.6

Lexical references

LSJ πολύκαρπος (n84915)