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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
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XII. To Herakles · Lines 1–8
Ancient Greek
p. 58XII. ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ
θυμίαμα λίβανον
Ἥρακλες ὀβριμόθυμε, μεγασθενές, ἄλκιμε Τιτάν,
καρτερόχειρ, ἀδάμαστε, βρύων ἄθλοισι κραταιοῖς,
αἰολόμορφε, χρόνου πάτερ, ἀίδιός τε καὶ εὔφρον,
ἄρρητ’, ἀγριόθυμε, πολύλλιτε, παντοδυνάστα,
παγκρατὲς ἦτορ ἔχων, κάρτος μέγα, τοξότα, μάντι,
παμφάγε, παγγενέτορ, πανυπέρτατε, πᾶσιν ἀρωγέ,
ὃς θνητοῖς κατέπαυσας ἀνήμερα φῦλα διώξας,
εἰρήνην ποθέων κουροτρόφον, ἀγλαότιμον,
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns: XII. To Herakles
p. 59XII. To Herakles
fumigation from frankincense
Herakles of mighty spirit, great in strength, valiant Titan,
strong-handed, unsubdued, teeming with mighty labours,
of shifting form, father of time, everlasting and kindly,
unspeakable, fierce in spirit, much-besought, ruler of all,
holding an all-conquering heart, great might, archer, seer,
all-devouring, all-begetter, most high, helper to all,
you who made an end for mortals by driving off the savage tribes,
longing for peace, nurse of the young, of splendid honour,
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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