Tim
February 16th, 2005, 08:20 AM
Come, blessed Dionysus, bull-faced God conceived in fire,
Bacchus famed; Bassarian God, of universal might,
You delight in bloody swords and in the holy Maenads,
As you rejoice throughout Olympus, O roaring and frenzied Bacchus,
Armed with thryrsus and wrathful in the extreme, you are honored
By all Gods and by all men who dwell upon the earth.
Come, blessed and leaping God, and bring much joy to all.
Orphic Hymn 45 - Adapted from several translations.
Bacchus famed; Bassarian God, of universal might,
You delight in bloody swords and in the holy Maenads,
As you rejoice throughout Olympus, O roaring and frenzied Bacchus,
Armed with thryrsus and wrathful in the extreme, you are honored
By all Gods and by all men who dwell upon the earth.
Come, blessed and leaping God, and bring much joy to all.
Orphic Hymn 45 - Adapted from several translations.