Table of Contents
Preface vii
Introduction ix
The Orphic Hymns
Orpheus to Mousaios 3
1 To Hekate 5
2 To Prothyraia 5
3 To Night 6
4 To Sky 7
5 To Ether 8
6 To Protogonos 8
7 To the Stars 9
8 To the Sun 9
9 To Selene 11
10 To Physis 11
11 To Pan 13
12 To Herakles 14
13 To Kronos 15
14 To Rhea 16
15 To Zeus 16
16 To Hera 17
17 To Poseidon 18
18 To Plouton 18
19 To Zeus the Thunderbolt 19
20 To Astrapaios Zeus 21
21 To the Clouds 21
22 To the Sea 21
23 To Nereus 22
24 To the Nereids 23
25 To Proteus 23
26 To Earth 24
27 To the Mother of the Gods 25
28 To Hermes 25
29 Hymn to Persephone 26
30 To Dionysos 27
31 Hymn to the Kouretes 28
32 To Athene 28
33 To Nike 29
34 To Apollon 30
35 To Leto 31
36 To Artemis 32
37 To the Titans 33
38 To the Kouretes 33
39 To Korybas 34
40 To Eleusinian Demeter 35
41 To Mother Antaia 36
42 To Mise 37
43 To the Seasons 37
44 To Semele 38
45 Hymn to Dionysos Bassareus and Triennial 39
46 To Liknites 39
47 To Perikionios 40
48 To Sabazios 40
49 To Hipta 40
50 To Lysios Lenaios 41
51 To the Nymphs 41
52 To the God of Triennial Feasts 42
53 To the God of Annual Feasts 43
54 To Silenos Saryros and the Bacchae 44
55 To Aphrodite 44
56 To Adonis 46
57 To Chthonic Hermes 47
58 To Eros 47
59 To the Fates 48
60 To the Graces 49
61 Hymn to Nemesis 50
62 To Dike 50
63 To Justice 51
64 Hymn to Nomos 52
65 To Ares 53
66 To Hephaistos 53
67 To Asklepios 54
68 To Hygeia 54
69 To the Erinyes 55
70 To the Eumenides 56
71 To Melinoe 57
72 To Tyche 57
73 To Daimon 58
74 To Leukothea 59
75 To Palaimon 59
76 To the Muses 60
77 To Mnemosyne 60
78 To Dawn 61
79 To Themis 62
80 To Boreas 63
81 To Zephyros 63
82 To Notos 63
83 To Okeanos 64
84 To Hestia 64
85 To Sleep 65
86 To Dream 65
87 To Death 66
Notes 69
Select Bibliography 221
Index Nominum 225
Index Locorum 239