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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 23: The Old Man of the Sea and his fifty daughters

Nereus lives in the depths of the sea and delights in his fifty daughters dancing in the waves.

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ΝΗΡΕΩΣNēréōsOf Nereus,θυμίαμαthymíamaIncenseσμύρνανsmýrnanmyrrh.ὮÔOκατέχωνkatéchōnyou who holdπόντουpóntouof the seaῥίζαςrhízasthe roots,κυαναυγέτινkyanaugétindark-gleamingἕδρηνhédrēndwelling,

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