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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 45: Come, blessed Dionysus

A short hymn, with no incense in its heading, to Dionysus as Bassareus, the god of the festival held every other year. He delights in swords and blood and in his Maenads.

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• 45.1 Come, blessed Dionysus. Hymn to Dionysus Bassareus, god of the festival held every other year. Come, blessed…
• 45.4 Come, leaping god. crying euoi through Olympus, loud-roaring, raving Bacchus, armed with the thyrsus for a spear,…

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