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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 4: Heaven, father of all

Ouranos, the sky, receives the first of the hymns to the great powers of the world. He is the father of all, the beginning and the end of everything, and he turns round the earth like a ball.

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ΟΥΡΑΝΟΥOuranoûOf Heaven,θυμίαμαthymíamaIncenseλίβανονlíbanonfrankincense.ΟὐρανὲOuranèHeavenπαγγενέτορpangenétorfather of all,κόσμουkósmouof the worldμέροςmérospartαἰὲνaièneverἀτειρέςateirésunwearied,

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