Explained vocabulary

Bringing growth to maturity — τελεσσίγονος

τελεσσίγονος

telessigonos

At LIII.10 Amphietes abounds in τελεσσιγόνοισι fruits.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
bringing growth to maturity

Meaning

At LIII.10 Amphietes abounds in τελεσσιγόνοισι fruits. The compound's generative force is realized in ripened produce, not in an abstract assertion that the god completes every possible birth. The surrounding request for fruitful benefit gives the epithet its concrete agricultural setting.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LIII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

τελεσσιγόνοισι

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LIII.10

Lexical references

LSJ τελεσσίγονος (n102966)