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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
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X. To Physis · Lines 11–20
Ancient Greek
p. 48X. ΦΥΣΕΩΣ
θυμίαμα ἀρώματα
εὐαντές, πλοκίη, φιλίη, πολύμικτε, δαῆμον,
ἡγεμόνη, κράντειρα, φερέσβιε, πάντροφε κούρη,
αὐτάρκεια, Δίκη, Χαρίτων πολυώνυμε πειθώ,
αἰθερίη χθονίη τε καὶ εἰναλίη μεδέουσα,
πικρὴ μὲν φαύλοισι, γλυκεῖα δὲ πειθομένοισι,
πάνσοφε, πανδώτειρα, κομίστρια, παμβασίλεια,
αὐξιτρόφος, πίειρα, πεπαινομένων τε λύτειρα,
πάντων μὲν σὺ πατήρ, μήτηρ, τροφὸς ἠδὲ τιθήνη,
ὠκυλόχεια, μάκαιρα, πολύσπορος, ὡριὰς ὁρμή,
παντοτεχνές, πλάστειρα, πολύκτιτε, πότνια δαῖμον,
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns: X. To Physis
p. 49X. To Physis
fumigation from aromatics
kindly met, braided, loving, of many minglings, knowing,
leader, accomplisher, life-bringing, all-nourishing maiden,
self-sufficiency, Dike, of many names Persuasion of the Charites,
ruling in the aither and on the earth and in the sea,
bitter to the base, but sweet to those who obey,
all-wise, all-giving, sustainer, queen of all,
fostering growth, rich, and looser of what is ripening,
of all things you are father, mother, nurse and foster-mother,
swift in delivery, blessed, of many seeds, the rush of the seasons,
maker of every craft, moulder, of many foundings, lady daimon,
Socrates
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The eighty-eight Orphic Hymns and the Prayer to Musaeus, in Ancient Greek and English, with the supplied critical apparatus, explanatory notes, introduction, glossary and editorial matter.
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Orphic Hymns, attributed to Orpheus. Greek text after Eugenius Abel, Orphica (Leipzig and Prague, 1885), pages 57–102.
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