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Pan, the goat-legged god of shepherds, is called here the whole universe: sky, sea, earth and fire are his limbs.
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How it opens, word by word ΠΑΝΟΣ Panós Of Pan , θυμίαμα thymíama Incense ποικίλα poikíla various . Πᾶνα Pâna Pan καλῶ kalô I call κρατερόν kraterón mighty , νόμιον nómion god of shepherds , κόσμοιο kósmoio of the world τὸ tò the σύμπαν sýmpan whole ,
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11.1 Pan, the whole of the world. Of Pan. Incense: various kinds. I call mighty Pan, god of shepherds, the whole…11.4 Playing the harmony of the world. Come, blessed one, leaper, roamer, throned with the Seasons, goat-limbed, reveler, lover of inspired…11.7 Friend of Echo, dancer with the nymphs. helper with visions and terrible in the fears of mortals, delighting in goatherds and…11.10 The true Zeus, the horned one. all-producing, begetter of all, many-named power, ruler of the world, giver of growth, light-bringer,…11.13 Earth, sea, air and fire obey you. For by you the boundless plain of earth is set fast, and the deep-flowing…11.18 You change the natures of all things. For these things, so widely separate, move easily at your commands; and you change…11.21 Send Pan's frenzy to the ends of the earth. But, blessed one, reveler, lover of inspired frenzy, come to the holy libations, and…Open Hymn 11 in the full reader
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