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Orphic Hymns

Hymn 23, Line 7 by Thomas Taylor (English)

For you at first disclos'd the rites divine, of holy Bacchus [Bakkhos] and of Proserpine [Phersephoneia],

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Archival source: https://archive.org/details/b28775430. Extracted from Theoi HTML for hymn 23; bracketed Greek names follow Theoi's public-domain presentation.