From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- resourceful; of many devices
Meaning
The opening of Physis’s hymn calls her an all-mother and a mother of many devices (X.1). The compound gives her generative activity a resourceful, inventive dimension. “Devices” need not mean mechanical equipment; the following hymn develops many forms of productive power.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
πολυμήχανε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. X.1