Hymns to Rhea-Cybele

  • "I prithee, clear-voiced Mousa, daughter of mighty Zeus, sing of the Mother of all gods and men. She is well-pleased with the sound of rattles and of timbrels, with the voice of flutes and the outcry of wolves and bright-eyes lions, with echoing hills and wooded coombes. And so hail to you in my song and to all goddesses as well!"

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  • "To Rhea, Fumigation from Aromatics. Illustrious Rhea, to my prayer incline, daughter of various-formed Protogonos divine, who drivest thy sacred car with speed along, drawn by fierce lions, terrible and strong. Mother of Zeus, whose mighty arm can wield the avenging bolt and shake the dreaded shield. Brass-sounding, honoured, Kronos' blessed queen, drum-beating, fury-loving, of a splendid mien. Thou joyest in mountains and tumultuous fight, and mankind's horrid howlings thee delight. War's parent, mighty, of majestic frame, deceitful saviour, liberating dame. Mother of Gods and Men, who from Gaia and spacious Ouranos derives her glorious birth. The ethereal gales, the deeply spreading sea, Goddess, aerial-formed, proceed from thee. Come, pleased with wanderings, blessed and divine, with peace attended on our labours shine; bring rich abundance; and, wherever found, drive dire disease to earth's remotest bound."

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  • "To Meter Theon, Fumigation from a variety of Odoriferous Substances. Meter Theon, great nurse of all, draw near, divinely honoured, and regard my prayer. Throned on a car, by lions drawn along, by bull-destroying lions, swift and strong, thou swayest the sceptre of the pole divine, and the world's middle seat, much famed, is thine. Hence earth is thine, and needy mortals share their constant food, from thy protecting care. From thee at first both Gods and men arose; for thee the sea and every river flows. Hestia and source of wealth thy name we find to mortal men rejoicing to be kind; for every good to give thy soul delights. Come, mighty power, propitious to our rites, all-taming, blessed, Phrygian Saviour, come, Kronos' great queen, rejoicing in the drum."

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