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Orphic Hymns

Hymn 40, Line 3 by Thomas Taylor (English)

Discovering Proserpine [Persephone] thy daughter pure in dread Avernus [Aides], dismal and obscure;

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Archival source: https://archive.org/details/b28775430. Extracted from Theoi HTML for hymn 40; bracketed Greek names follow Theoi's public-domain presentation.