Muses' Whisper

Verse

Orphic Hymns

Hymn 70, Line 5 by Thomas Taylor (English)

Hence, partly black thy limbs and partly white, from Pluto [Plouton] dark, from Jove [Zeus] etherial, bright

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Archival source: https://archive.org/details/b28775430. Extracted from Theoi HTML for hymn 70; bracketed Greek names follow Theoi's public-domain presentation.