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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 56: Maiden and youth

A hymn to Adonis, the young lover of Aphrodite, spoken to as a growing plant, a nourisher, and both girl and boy.

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• 56.1 Maiden and youth. Of Adonis. Incense: aromatics. Hear me as I pray, many-named, noblest power, soft-haired, lover…
• 56.5 Honored with tears. dying away and shining in the fair circling seasons, giver of growth, two-horned, much-loved,…
• 56.9 Below in Tartarus, then on Olympus. born in the bed of lovely-haired Persephone, you who at times live down in…

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