Herakles
Orphic · deity · Orphic traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Herakles invoked as a self-born cosmic power and divine helper; the hymn does not give him the ordinary heroic genealogy.
Powers
- Deliverance
Relations
- counterpart of: HeraclesThe hymn addresses this deity in an Orphic ritual context; Greek genealogy is not imported.Orphic Hymns, 11 (Thomas Taylor numbering; modern hymn 12) (primary)
Sources
- existence and tradition-specific description: Orphic Hymns, 11 (Thomas Taylor numbering; modern hymn 12) (primary)