The Hymns of Orpheus [Illustrated]
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The great blessings of Justice and Faithfulness, splendid Nymphs, and musical Pan, lord of all, we honor you. Ida whose fingers first worked metal in fire, we honor you.
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Hermes, messenger of the immortals, Themis, who sees the future, primordial Night, and Day, bringer of light, Faith, Justice, and Law guide us. Kronos of the golden age, lord of the sickle of time, Rhea, mother of the gods in a chariot drawn by lions and Thetis veiled deep blue, mother of Achilles, and wife of Okeanos of the seven seas, father of the nymphs of the brine, steady Atlas, unbound Eternity, and everflowing Time, we honor you.
The glistening water of the river Styx, gentle gods all, Foresight, Good Luck laughing in a vineyard and Bad Luck the bane of man, gods of heaven, air, water, on earth, under earth, and of fire, we honor you. Leukothea, white goddess, bright as dawn at sea, sister of amorous Semele, mother of great Dionysos, Palaimon, giver of bliss, protector of ships, inescapable Adresteia nemesis of injustice, defender of the righteous, nursemaid of Zeus, honey tongued Nike, sweet Victory,.
Asklepios the soothing, Athene, master of war, all winds, Thunder, every part of the four columned Cosmos,. Mother of the immortals, Attis bringer of spring, and Men, of the pine cones, backlit by the moon, She of starry heaven, and sacred Adonis immortal beauty of desire, the Beginning and the End to all most important we honor you,.
Beautiful Hekate, of the roads and crossroads, saffron-shrouded soul of the tomb seen only by barking dogs, friend of the dead. Queen of blackest night, torch held high you walk beside Demeter searching for Persephone. You work from afar, weaving spells of water earth and sky you catch every eye in a fatal trance. Each night drawn by bulls of mist you shine light across the sky. Full of your fire crazed stags rattle antlers. Mother of sorcery and witchcraft, of spells, and superstitions, you are the black puppy and the black she lamb.
Leave a clove of garlic on top of a small pile of pebbles at a crossroads. Eileithyia attending Zeus at the birth of Athene.
The Sacred Songs of Orpheus
Goddess of many names, sight sweet to women in labor, you alone care for children, helpful to young mothers you give swift births. Gracious to all, yours is the power to nurture every house. Delighted by celebrations you loosen sashes. Invisible, but seen in every action you share in our pain and rejoice in our births, you love the playful crowd of children, cubs and flowers. Eileithyia, free from pain even those suffering terribly. Pregnant women call only you, you alone give relief from pains of labor. Bring our children into the light and save us, savior of all.
The Orphic theology, however, concerning the intelligible Gods, or the highest order of divinities, is, as we are informed by Damascius, 4 as follows: Further Along the Path Edmonds, Radcliffe, ed. The supermundane vivific triad consists as we are informed by Proclus in Plat. For whatever partakes of life partakes also of being: See the whole of this hymn in the original, and also a translation of it at the end of my Collectanea. Semele to Death Part 4:
Nyx, mother of Gods and men, Night, let us call you Aphrodite, mother of all jet-black, star spangled Goddess, sleepy serenity and quiet delight you. Mother of dreams, you love celebrations that last all night, gently easing our cares you give rest from work, giver of sleep. Gleaming in darkness you drive your black horses appearing then disappearing from earth and sky you force light into the dark, surrounding phantoms as you flee again to the underworld, dark stream, you drench the Earth, your drowsy power cleaves the day.
Ancient night, black winged bird, dread necessity rules all yet I call on you to disperse fears that glisten in the night. Father of all, source and end, dance forever around your Earth seed. Universe, space, home to gods and goddesses, the roar of your whirl protects our world, earth and sky. Show us how to live blessed lives.
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Endless power and dwelling of Zeus, to you belongs a share of the sun, moon, and stars. Your fiery breath tames every creature.
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Sublime light of life, purest cosmic element, radiant, luminous born from the stars, give us calm and clarity. Black winged Night loved the wind. A silver egg was born. Scattering dark mist from your eyes your golden wings burst from the egg shining pure light in four directions the cock at dawn roaring like a bull setting the world whirling. Unforgettable seed of all life first born father of gods and men, give us seeds, and wisdom. Sky spirits of purest light, children of Night, we honor you. Dance circles of far shining rays, revealers of fate.
Suspended in space you gaze on seven luminous orbits. Titanic golden eye lighting our sky, self born every instant inexhaustible radiance, sweet sight to every creature,. You tune the seasons as you guide the dancing horses drawing your chariot of light along your whirling courses. Harsh to the wicked, guide to the good play your golden lyre, light our world with harmony.
Father of time, show us the way to prosper, teach us how to be noble, ripener of every fruit. Eternally pure all seeing eye, you rise and set in a nest of color, ideal justice, lover of water, defend all who keep faith.
Editorial Reviews. Language Notes. Text: English (translation) Original Language: Greek The Hymns of Orpheus [Illustrated] - Kindle edition by Orpheus, Thomas Taylor. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC , phones or. The Hymns of Orpheus: Translated from the Original Greek With a Preliminary Dissertation on the Life and Theology of Orpheus to Which Is Added the E Limited.
Most high, you help everyone. Eye of right, light of life, crack your whip and guide your shining horses, show us the sweetness of living. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Often confused with the word idealistic. Extensively footnoted brief historical essay with annotated bibliography For a detailed survey of current Orphic scholarship and of the impact of Orpheus and the Orphic Mysteries on western culture please see my blog Orpheus and Counterculture.
Orphic Fragment Exploding from the Great Soul, souls reel and writhe, seeking each other in space. Soul Ladder To the left of the house of Hades under a graceful white cypress a well offers spring water.
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Find the well by the lake of memory. Guardians protect the cold water. I am a child of earth and of starry heaven, but my race is of heaven. I am parched and perishing. Give me cold water from the lake of memory. The Well of Memory I am parched with thirst— dying. Drink from me, the eternal spring on the right by the cypress. Where are you from? I am a child of earth and starry heaven, but my race is of heaven. Hammered in Gold As soon as the spirit has left the sunlight then be wary of everything.
Hail, you have suffered the Suffering. This you have never suffered before. Once man now God. You are a kid fallen in milk. Charm First born Earth, counsel us. All-mother, sacred child of the Mother, all seeing Zeus, Serapis, the sun, far seeing fire, maker of appearances; Victory and Fortune, Eros and the Fates, preserve us, manifest the spirit of healing. Controller of everything, you make thunder and the sickle. Save us from noxious vapors and tumors. I will fast seven days.
In the night and after daybreak. Zeus, penetrator, all seeing ruler of every stream, open the spring of healing, spare your drops of fire. Child of Zeus, here is the armor of memory: For you, Cecilia Secundia, to forever avert the darkness of forgetfulness. I have paid the penalty for unrighteous deeds.
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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. This very old translation of the Orphic Hymns is venerated by those who genuinely know the teachings of Orpheus and Plato. Thomas Taylor translated a vast number many many volumes of Hellenic texts, some very difficult such as Proklos. Amongst these texts, the Orphic hymns are some of the very few that he translated into verse. The original hymns are poems. Taylor did two things which were typical of scholars of his time who were translating poetry: He has been criticized in our time for both of these, which were simply conventions of HIS time.
The language of scholars from that period was Latin The amazing feat of Taylor is that somehow, despite the demands of rhyme, he very accurately kept the spirit of the text and the meaning as well. This author has acquaintance with scholars in Greece who, in English, prefer Taylor's translation for this very reason. Taylor was immensely learned and this can be seen in his notes to the text.
However, if you want real evidence of his abilities, read some of his prosaic translations. If you read these with an open mind, you will be humbled. Taylor was a giant. Taylor's understanding of Platonism and classical Hellenic paganism is underrated. I do not believe the current Kindle edition of this book was ever actually reviewed by a human who understands e-books. I am planning to request a refund.
The Hymns of Orpheus by Thomas Taylor
Firstly there are awful character encoding issues. The first half of the book is scholarly introduction with what I assume are Greek words and phrases. I cannot tell for certain because they all show up as "??????? In some pages half the content appears as these question-mark words - useless! Secondly the process that produced this e-book for some unfathomable reason retained page numbers in the text content.
Of course they never align with screens of text on the reader, they show up in the middle of paragraphs and verse stanzas, interrupting and ruining the reading. Amazon should pull the Kindle version of this book down until the publisher decides to produce a commercial-quality product. Alright so these have been translated countless times and have survived a couple millenia, how can anyone in their right mind give this book anything less than five stars.
Buy it even if you're not going to read it, it will look impressive on your shelf next to the books you do read. The first clue that this translation isn't what it should be is the fact that the poems all rhyme. You can't translate Greek to English accurately and expect it to rhyme. I love this work, the way the words flow, in an English that is no longer used.
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