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For links to many more fragments: The Orphic Fragments of Otto Kern.

SUMMARY: This fragment asserts that Phanes poured down an ineffable shower of rain from the peak of his head, this story according to Orpheus

84. Ἀπορίαι καὶ λύσεις περὶ τῶν πρώτων ἀρχῶν εἰς τὸν Πλάτωνος Παρμενίδην Δαμασκίου 189 (II 65, 14 Rue.):

τοῦτο δὴ τὸ ἄπειρον οἵ τε θεοὶ κεκλήκασιν ὑπέρκοσμον βυθόν

‘οἳ τὸν ὑπέρκοσμον πατρικὸν βυθὸν ἴστε νοοῦντες’

“This is the infinite (ἄπειρος) which the Gods call the supermundane abyss,

‘You who know the fatherly abyss through perception as the supermundane.’ ”

(trans. by the author)

(Kroll De orac. Chald. 18),

καὶ ὁ Ἑλλήνων ἔτι θεολόγος· ὄμβρον ἀθέσφατον καταχεῦαι τὸν Φάνητα λέγων ἀπὸ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἄκρας κορυφῆς.

“And moreover, the theologian of the Greeks (Ὀρφεύς) says that Phánîs (Φάνης) poured down an ineffable shower of rain from the peak of his head.” (trans. by the author)

Kern. Herm. XXIII 1888, 483 n. IV; Howerda 308

The story of the birth of the Gods: Orphic Theogony.

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Dictionary of terms related to ancient Greek mythology: Glossary of Hellenic Mythology.

Introduction to the Thæí (the Gods): The Nature of the Gods.

How do we know there are Gods? Experiencing Gods.

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Dictionary of terms related to ancient Greek mythology: Glossary of Hellenic Mythology.

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