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Orphic Hymns

Hymn 2, Line 1 by Thomas Taylor (English)

Night [Nyx], parent goddess, source of sweet repose, from whom at first both Gods and men arose,

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Archival source: https://archive.org/details/b28775430. Extracted from Theoi HTML for hymn 2; bracketed Greek names follow Theoi's public-domain presentation.