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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 21: Airy clouds, nurses of the crops

The Clouds are called as goddesses: wanderers of the sky, driven by the winds, full of thunder and fire.

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ΝΕΦΩΝNephônOf the Clouds,θυμίαμαthymíamaIncenseσμύρνανsmýrnanmyrrh.ἨέριαιĒériaiAiryνεφέλαιnephélaiclouds,καρποτρόφοιkarpotróphoinurses of the crops,οὐρανόπλαγκτοιouranóplanktoiwanderers of the sky,ὀμβροτόκοιombrotókoirain-bearing,πνοιῇσινpnoiêisinby the windsἐλαυνόμεναιelaunómenaidrivenκατὰkatàacrossκόσμονkósmonthe world,

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