Zeus Swallow Universe

"So then, [Zeus] by engulfing Erikepaios (Ericepaeus) the Firstborn [Phanes], he had the body of all things in his belly, and he mixed into his own limbs the god's power and strength. Because of this, together with him, everything came to be again inside Zeus, the broad air and the lofty splendour of heaven, the undraining sea and earth's glorious seat, great Okeanos (Oceanus) and the lowest Tartara of the earth, rivers and boundless sea and everything else, and all the immortal blessed gods and goddesses, all that had existed and all that was to exist afterwards became one and grew together in the belly of Zeus. After he had hidden them all away, again into the glad light from his holy heart he brought them up, performing mighty acts."


- Orphica, Rhapsodies Fragment 167


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This text is taken from Theoi, which does not list the origin of the fragment or who translated it. I chose to use it here as it's the most easily readable translation of the fragment available. I believe the owners of the site must've translated it themselves from Orphicorum Fragmentum, a work by the German archaeologist Otto Kern that compiles various Orphic fragments. This source is only available in Greek.

The website HellenicGods.org also has its own translations of Otto Kern's collection of Orphic fragments. The page I've linked below collects a number of fragments relating to the story of Zeus swallowing Phanes, including the same one which I believe that Theoi translated themselves. This site both has public domain translations and its own original translations. It also cites where everything was pulled from. Read the page if you want confirmation that the above translation is accurate.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230128110146/https://www.hellenicgods.org/orphic-fragment-167---otto-kern