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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 54: Nurse of Bacchus

A hymn to Silenus, the old companion who reared the infant Dionysus, honored at the three-year feasts.

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ΣΙΛΗΝΟΥSilēnoûOf SilenusΣΑΤΥΡΟΥSatýrouthe SatyrΒΑΚΧΩΝBakchônthe Bacchae,θυμίαμαthymíamaIncenseμάννανmánnanfrankincense powder.ΚλῦθίKlŷthíHearμευmeume,ὦôOπολύσεμνεpolýsemnemost reveredτροφόςtrophósnurse,

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