The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Pallas sole-born, august offspring of great Zeus,

divine, blessed goddess, rouser of war, of mighty spirit,

unspeakable, spoken, of great renown, cave-dwelling,

you who hold the high-sounding summits of the ridges

5and the shadowy mountains, and delight your heart in the glens,

rejoicing in arms, goading the souls of mortals with frenzies,

maiden who trains, holding a spirit that makes men shudder,

slayer of the Gorgon, shunning the marriage-bed, mother of the arts, rich in blessing,

impeller, lover of the goad against the wicked, but prudence to the good;