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10/26/2013

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This is a first-pass attempt to translate the Orphic Hymn to Kronos with the help of the Liddell-Scott Greek-English Lexicon.


13. Κρόνου, - Kronos

θυμίαμα - incense
στύρακα. - storax

Ἀιθαλής, - smoke, soot, burning, blazing, smoky flame, thick smoke, burnt to ashes -or- evergreen, ever-blooming, ever-growing new shoots (bit of a difference)
μακάρων - happy, blessed
τε - too then
θεῶν - of the Gods and Goddesses
πάτερ - father
ἠδὲ - center
καὶ - and
ἀνδρῶν, - of humans

ποικιλόβουλ', - varied, complex, intricate (ποικιλό) + counsel, advise; purpose, will, determination; the Senate, counsel, Council (βουλ') 
ἀμίαντε, - arising above blemish/stain, pure
μεγασθενές, - mega, great (μεγα) + strength, might, bodily strength (σθενές) 
ἄλκιμε - stout, brave, mighty; fortifying, protector
Τιτάν· - Titan

ὃς - entity
δαπανᾶις - exhaust, consume, use up, destroy; outlay, expenditure, spend
μὲν - strong, mighty
ἅπαντα - above all
καὶ - and
αὔξεις - grow, increase, augment, grow up,  
ἔμπαλιν - "backwards, back, contrariwise, the opposite way, turn upside down, contrary to, the opposite, on the other hand" (this sounds inaccurate, I think "within all" sounds like a more accurate translations)
αὐτός· - alone, autonomous

δεσμοὺς - mooring cable, bond of union; spell, charm
ἀρρήκτους - "unbroken, not to be broken, invulnerable, unploughed" = arising above (ἀρ) + that can be broken or rent, penetrable (ρήκτους)
ὃς - entity
ἔχεις - have, hold, possess, fix firmly
κατ' - pure
ἀπείρονα - boundless, endless, without end
κόσμον·, - kosmos, universal order

αἰῶνος 
Κρόνε - Kronos, God of the Kore
παγγενέτωρ, - all-genitor, all-parent, all-father
Κρόνε - Kronos, Krone
ποικιλόμυθε· - various (ποικιλό) + myth, word, speech, discourse, public spe (μυθε) 
Γαίης - Gaia, Goddess of Generative Earth
τε - too then
βλάστημα - bud, sprout, offshoot, offspring, birth from
καὶ - and
Οὐρανοῦ - Oranos, God of the Sky/Heavens
ἀστερόεντος, - star, stars (ἀστερό) + filled (εντος) 

γέννα, - generator, birth, origin, creator
φυή, - nature, genius, produce of, growth, original form
μείωσι, - diminuation (opp. growth), waning, lessening, smaller, fewer
Ῥέας - Rea/Rhea, Goddess of the Four Roots
πόσι, - quantity, how much/many
σεμνὲ - solemn, revered, dignified
Προμηθεῦ, - Prometheus, God who molded humanity out of clay, provided humanity with torchlight/fire

ὃς - entity
ναίεις - prevailing over, dwelling in, inhabiting
κατὰ - pure
πάντα - all
μέρη - share, portion, lot, the part one takes in a thing
κόσμοιο, - cosmos, universal order
γενάρχα, - generative (γεν) + architect (άρχα) = founder of a family/race

ἀγκυλομῆτα, - crooked, curved, circuitous, hooked (ἀγκυλο) + μῆτα, 
φέριστε· - "bravest, best, better" probably: bearing (φέρ) + history (ιστε)
κλύων - call, release, unlock
ἱκετηρίδα - suppliants' (parade?)
φωνὴν, - sound of the voice, said, sung, uttered, cry

πέμποις - five, fifth
εὔολβον - essence pure whole life/happiness/well-being
βιότου - life extend
τέλος - completion, fulfillment
αἰὲν - eternal
ἄμεμπτον. - above reproach

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