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Selene / Luna (moon)
Orphic Hymn from Thomas Taylor's Second Edition of 1824

Σελήνη Selíni¶

Incense: aromatics

Hear, Goddess queen, diffusing silver light,
Bull-horned, and wandering through the gloom of Night.

With stars surrounded, and with circuit wide
Night’s torch extending, through the heavens you ride:

Female and male, with silvery rays you shine,
And now full-orbed, now tending to decline.

Mother of ages, fruit-producing Moon,
Whose amber orb makes Night’s reflected noon:

Lover of horses, splendid, queen of night,
All-seeing power, bedecked with starry light,

Lover of vigilance, the foe of strife,
In peace rejoicing, and a prudent life:

Fair lamp of Night, its ornament and friend,
Who gives to Nature’s works their destined end.

Queen of the stars, all-wise Diana, hail!
Decked with a graceful robe and ample veil.

Come, blessed Goddess, prudent, starry, bright,
Come, moony-lamp, with chaste and splendid light,

Shine on these sacred rites with prosperous rays,
And pleased accept thy suppliant’s mystic praise.

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Published

Jan 1, 2019

Last Updated

Jan 1, 2019

orphic hymns

  • Musaeus
  • Hekate
  • Prothyraea
  • Nyx / Nox (night)
  • Uranus / Caelus (heavens / sky)
  • Aether
  • Protogonus (first-born)
  • Astron (stars)
  • Helios / Sol (sun)
  • Selene / Luna (moon)
  • Physis / Natura (nature)
  • Pan / Faunus (all)
  • Heracles / Hercules
  • Cronus / Saturn
  • Rhea / Ops
  • Zeus / Jupiter
  • Hera / Juno
  • Poseidon / Neptune
  • Pluto
  • Thundering Zeus / Jupiter
  • Zeus / Jupiter of Lightning
  • Nephele (clouds)
  • Thalassa / Tethys (sea)
  • Nereus
  • the Nereids
  • Proteus
  • Gaia / Terra (earth)
  • Meter Theon / Magna Mater (Rhea)
  • Hermes / Mercury
  • Persephone / Prosperina
  • Dionysus / Bacchus
  • Curetes (31)
  • Athena / Pallas
  • Nike / Victoria (victory)
  • Apollo
  • Leto / Latona
  • Artemis / Diana
  • the Titans
  • Curetes (38)
  • Corybas
  • Demeter Eleusinia / Ceres
  • Meter Antaia (Demeter)
  • Misa
  • Horae (seasons / hours)
  • Semele / Stimula
  • Dionysus Bassareus Triennalis
  • Liknites Dionysus
  • Perikionios
  • Sabazios
  • Ippa
  • Lysios Lenaios
  • the Nymphs
  • Trietericus (Dionysus)
  • Amphietus (Dionysus)
  • Silenus, Satyrus, and Priestesses of Bacchus
  • Aphrodite / Venus (Love)
  • Adonis
  • Cthonic Hermes / Underworld Mercury
  • Eros / Cupid (Attraction / Desire)
  • the Moirai / Parcae (Fates)
  • the Charites / Gratiae (Graces)
  • Nemesis / Invidia
  • Dike / Justitia (Justice)
  • Dikaiosyne (Equity)
  • Nomos (Law)
  • Ares / Mars (War)
  • Hephaestus / Vulcan
  • Asclepius / Esculapius
  • Hygieia / Hygiene (health)
  • the Erinyes / Furies
  • the Eumenides / Furies
  • Melinoe
  • Tyche / Fortuna (Luck)
  • Daemon
  • Leucothea
  • Palaemon
  • the Muses
  • Mnemosyne / Moneta (Memory)
  • Eos / Aurora (Dawn)
  • Themis
  • Boreas / Aquilo (North Wind / Winter)
  • Zephyrus / Favonius (West Wind / Spring / Summer)
  • Notus / Auster (South Wind / Summer / Fall)
  • Oceanus / Ocean
  • Hestia / Vesta (Hearth)
  • Hypnos / Somnus (Sleep)
  • Oneiroi (Dreams)
  • Thanatos / Mors (Death)

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