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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 40
Orphic Hymns
Orphic tradition
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| 1 | Primary Ceralian [Antaia] queen, of celebrated name, from whom both men, and Gods immortal came; |
| 2 | Primary Who widely wand'ring once, oppress'd with grief, in Eleusina's valley found'st relief, |
| 3 | Primary Discovering Proserpine [Persephone] thy daughter pure in dread Avernus [Aides], dismal and obscure; |
| 4 | Primary A sacred youth while thro' the world you stray Bacchus [Dysaulos], attending leader of the way; |
| 5 | Primary The holy marriage of terrestrial Jove [Zeus Khthonios] relating, while oppress'd with grief you rove; |
| 6 | Primary Come, much invok'd, and to these rites inclin'd, thy mystic suppliant bless, with fav'ring mind. |