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The hymn to Night, one of the first powers of the world in the Orphic stories, sung over burning torches.
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How it opens, word by word ΝΥΚΤΟΣ Nyktós Of Night , θυμίαμα thymíama Incense δαλούς daloús torches . Νύκτα Nýkta Night θεῶν theôn of gods γενέτειραν genéteiran the mother ἀείσομαι aeísomai I will sing of ἠδὲ ēdè and καὶ kaì too ἀνδρῶν andrôn of men .
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3.1 Night, mother of gods and men. Of Night. Incense: torches. I will sing of Night, mother of gods and of…3.3 Hear, dark-gleaming goddess. Hear, blessed goddess, dark-gleaming, starlit, delighting in quiet and in the stillness of deep…3.7 Giver of sleep, driver of horses. giver of sleep, friend of all, driver of horses, shining by night, half-complete, of…3.10 Necessity rules all things. you who send the light away down to the world below, and in turn…3.12 Come kindly, drive away the fears of the night. But now, blessed Night, rich in blessings, longed for by all, gracious one, hear…Open Hymn 3 in the full reader
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