🏛️ Orphic Hymns
The Orphic Hymns are a collection of 87 short religious poems from the Hellenistic era, attributed to the mythical poet Orpheus. They invoke various Greek deities and personified forces of nature, and were used in mystery cult rituals.
Chapters
Chapter 1: Hymn 1 - THE GODDESS PROTHYRÆA
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Chapter 2: Hymn 2 - NIGHT [NYX]
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Chapter 3: Hymn 3 - HEAVEN [OURANOS]
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Chapter 4: Hymn 4 - FIRE [AITHER]
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Chapter 5: Hymn 5 - PROTOGONUS, OR THE FIRST-BORN
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Chapter 6: Hymn 6 - THE STARS [ASTRON]
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Chapter 7: Hymn 7 - THE SUN [HELIOS]
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Chapter 8: Hymn 8 - THE MOON [SELENE]
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Chapter 9: Hymn 9 - NATURE [PHUSIS]
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Chapter 10: Hymn 10 - PAN
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Chapter 11: Hymn 11 - HERCULES [HERAKLES]
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Chapter 12: Hymn 12 - SATURN [KRONOS]
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Chapter 13: Hymn 13 - RHEA
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Chapter 14: Hymn 14 - JUPITER [ZEUS]
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Chapter 15: Hymn 15 - JUNO [HERA]
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Chapter 16: Hymn 16 - NEPTUNE [POSEIDON]
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Chapter 17: Hymn 17 - PLUTO [PLOUTON]
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Chapter 18: Hymn 18 - THUNDRING JOVE [ZEUS KERAUNOS]
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Chapter 19: Hymn 19 - To JOVE, as the AUTHOR of LIGHTNING [ZEUS ASTRAPAIOS]
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Chapter 20: Hymn 20 - THE CLOUDS [NEPHELAI]
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Chapter 21: Hymn 21 - THE SEA [THALASSA], OR TETHYS
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Chapter 22: Hymn 22 - NEREUS
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Chapter 23: Hymn 23 - THE NEREIDS
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Chapter 24: Hymn 24 - PROTEUS
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Chapter 25: Hymn 25 - THE EARTH [GAIA]
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Chapter 26: Hymn 26 - THE MOTHER OF THE GODS [METER THEON]
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Chapter 27: Hymn 27 - MERCURY [HERMES]
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Chapter 28: Hymn 28 - PROSERPINE [PHERSEPHONE]
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Chapter 29: Hymn 29 - BACCHUS [DIONYSOS]
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Chapter 30: Hymn 30 - THE CURETES [KOURETES]
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Chapter 31: Hymn 31 - PALLAS [ATHENE]
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Chapter 32: Hymn 32 - VICTORY [NIKE]
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Chapter 33: Hymn 33 - APOLLO [APOLLON]
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Chapter 34: Hymn 34 - LATONA [LETO]
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Chapter 35: Hymn 35 - DIANA [ARTEMIS]
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Chapter 36: Hymn 36 - THE TITANS
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Chapter 37: Hymn 37 - THE CURETES [KOURETES]
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Chapter 38: Hymn 38 - O CORYBAS [KORYBAS]
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Chapter 39: Hymn 39 - CERES [DEMETER ELEUSINIA]
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Chapter 40: Hymn 40 - THE CERALIAN MOTHER [METER ANTAIA]
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Chapter 41: Hymn 41 - MISES [MISA]
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Chapter 42: Hymn 42 - XLII TO THE SEASONS [HORAI]
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Chapter 43: Hymn 43 - SEMELE
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Chapter 44: Hymn 44 - DIONYSIUS BASSAREUS TRIENNALIS
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Chapter 45: Hymn 45 - LIKNITUS BACCHUS [LIKNITOS DIONYSOS]
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Chapter 46: Hymn 46 - BACCHUS PERICIONIUS [DIONYSOS PERIKIONIOS]
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Chapter 47: Hymn 47 - SABASIUS [ZABAZIOS]
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Chapter 48: Hymn 48 - IPPA
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Chapter 49: Hymn 49 - LYSIUS LENÆUS [LYSIOS LENAIOS]
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Chapter 50: Hymn 50 - THE NYMPHS [NYMPHAI]
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Chapter 51: Hymn 51 - TRIETERICUS [TRIETERIKOS]
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Chapter 52: Hymn 52 - To AMPHIETUS BACCHUS [AMPHIETOS BAKKHOS]
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Chapter 53: Hymn 53 - SILENUS, SATYRUS, and the PRIESTESSES of BACCHUS
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Chapter 54: Hymn 54 - VENUS [APHRODITE]
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Chapter 55: Hymn 55 - ADONIS
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Chapter 56: Hymn 56 - THE TERRESTRIAL HERMES [HERMES KHTHONIOS]
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Chapter 57: Hymn 57 - CUPID, OR LOVE [EROS]
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Chapter 58: Hymn 58 - THE FATES [MOIRAI]
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Chapter 59: Hymn 59 - THE GRACES [KHARITES]
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Chapter 60: Hymn 60 - NEMESIS
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Chapter 61: Hymn 61 - JUSTICE [DIKE]
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Chapter 62: Hymn 62 - EQUITY [DIKAIOSUNE]
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Chapter 63: Hymn 63 - LAW [NOMOS]
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Chapter 64: Hymn 64 - MARS [ARES]
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Chapter 65: Hymn 65 - VULCAN [HEPHAISTOS]
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Chapter 66: Hymn 66 - ESCULAPIUS [ASKLEPIOS]
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Chapter 67: Hymn 67 - HEALTH [HYGEIA]
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Chapter 68: Hymn 68 - THE FURIES [ERINYES]
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Chapter 69: Hymn 69 - THE FURIES [EUMENIDES]
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Chapter 70: Hymn 70 - MELINOE
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Chapter 71: Hymn 71 - FORTUNE [TYKHE]
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Chapter 72: Hymn 72 - THE DÆMON, OR GENIUS
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Chapter 73: Hymn 73 - LEUCOTHEA
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Chapter 74: Hymn 74 - PALÆMON
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Chapter 75: Hymn 75 - THE MUSES
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Chapter 76: Hymn 76 - To MNEMOSYNE, or the GODDESS of MEMORY
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Chapter 77: Hymn 77 - AURORA [EOS]
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Chapter 78: Hymn 78 - THEMIS
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Chapter 79: Hymn 79 - THE NORTH WIND [BOREAS]
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Chapter 80: Hymn 80 - THE WEST WIND [ZEPHYROS]
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Chapter 81: Hymn 81 - THE SOUTH WIND [NOTOS]
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Chapter 82: Hymn 82 - OCEAN [OKEANOS]
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Chapter 83: Hymn 83 - VESTA [HESTIA]
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Chapter 84: Hymn 84 - SLEEP [HYPNOS]
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Chapter 85: Hymn 85 - THE DIVINITY OF DREAMS [ONEIROI]
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Chapter 86: Hymn 86 - DEATH [THANATOS]
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