To Juno sacred, and to Mem'ry fair, and the chaste Muses I address my pray'r Justice and Piety august I call, and much-fam'd nymphs, and Pan the god of all. With Hebe young, and Hercules the strong, and you to whom the cares of births belong: The mighty pow'r who rose from foam to light, and Pluto potent in the realms of night The huntress Dian, and bright Phœbus rays, far-darting God, the theme of Delphic praise Īnd Bacchus, honour'd by the heav'nly choir,Īnd raging Mars, and Vulcan god of fire Thee Neptune, ruler of the sea profound, dark-hair'd, whose waves begirt the solid ground Ĭeres abundant, and of lovely mien,Īnd Proserpine infernal Pluto's queen
The Moon's pure splendor, and the Stars of night Jove I invoke, the Earth, and Solar Light , To Thanatus (Death) THE ORPHIC HYMNS 1 - 40, TRANSLATED BY THOMAS TAYLOR TO MUSÆUSĪnd learn what rites to sacrifice belong.
For the sake of clarity I have reinserted the Greek names from the source text in square brackets.Ĩ6. Taylor has translated most of the Greek names to their Latin equivalents. I have compacted each of Taylor's verse couplets into a single line to shorten the page and make the information easier to print.Ģ. See the booklist (left below) for details of these two volumes and other related works on Orphism.ġ. However a much more accurate, modern translation by A. The 1792 translation by Taylor with his notes is still available in print. They are based on the beliefs of Orphism, a mystery cult or religious philosophy which claimed descent from the teachings of the mythical hero Orpheus. THE ORPHIC HYMNS are a collection of 87 short religious poems composed in either the late Hellenistic (C3rd or C2nd B.C.) or early Roman (C1st to C2nd A.D.) era.
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