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Hymns of Orpheus


Hymn To Dionysius Bassareus Triennalis

There is no incense listed with this Hymn.

Come, blessed Dionysius, various-named,
Bull-faced, begot from Thunder, Bacchus famed:
Bassarian God, of universal might,
Whom swords, and blood, and sacred rage delight:
In heaven rejoicing, mad, loud-sounding God,
Furious inspirer, bearer of the rod:
By Gods revered, who dwellest with human kind,
Propitious come, with much-rejoicing mind.

Translated by Thomas Taylor.