🏛️ Hymn 52 - To AMPHIETUS BACCHUS [AMPHIETOS BAKKHOS]

Terrestrial Dionysius [Dionysos Khthonios], hear my pray'r, awak'ned rise with nymphs of lovely hair: Great Amphietus Bacchus, annual God, who laid asleep in Proserpine's [Persephone's] abode, Did'st lull to drowsy and oblivious rest, the rites triennial, and the sacred feast;

Which rous'd again by thee, in graceful ring, thy nurses round thee mystic anthems sing; When briskly dancing with rejoicing pow'rs, thou mov'st in concert with the circling hours.

Come, blessed, fruitful, horned, and divine, and on these rites with joyful aspect shine; Accept the general incense and the pray'r, and make prolific holy fruits thy care.