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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 40: Deo, mother of all

The hymn to Demeter as she was worshipped at Eleusis, near Athens, home of the most famous mysteries in the Greek world, opens with her names and her gifts.

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• 40.1 Deo, mother of all. Of Demeter of Eleusis. Incense: storax. Deo, goddess, mother of all, many-named power, revered…
• 40.4 Seed, heap and threshing floor. delighting in peace and in toilsome labor, lady of the seed and of the…
• 40.8 Sharing a hearth with Bromios. the first who put the oxen's neck under the plough and sent up for…
• 40.12 Of the earth, and seen by all. you are of the earth, and you are seen, and you are gentle to…
• 40.16 Whose forms are many. only-born, goddess and mother of many, great queen to mortals, whose forms are many,…
• 40.18 Bring peace, good order, wealth and health. come, blessed one, pure, laden with the fruits of summer, bringing down peace and…

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