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A hymn to the Moirai, the Fates, daughters of Night, who live in a cave by a dark lake and fly over the whole earth.
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How it opens, word by word ΜΟΙΡΩΝ Moirôn Of the Fates , θυμίαμα thymíama Incense ἀρώματα arṓmata aromatics . Μοῖραι Moîrai Fates ἀπειρέσιοι apeirésioi boundless , Νυκτὸς Nyktòs Night φίλα phíla dear τέκνα tékna children μελαίνης melaínēs black ,
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59.1 Children of black Night. Of the Fates. Incense: aromatics. Boundless Fates, dear children of black Night, hear me…59.6 Veiled in purple. from there you go to the esteemed race of mortals with light hope, veiled…59.11 Moira and the mind of Zeus. For in life Moira alone sees clearly, she and the perfect eye of Zeus,…59.15 Atropos, Lachesis and Klotho, come to me. But come to me, you of the air, gentle-hearted, kindly, Atropos and Lachesis and…59.19 Hear my libations and prayers. Fates, hear my holy libations and prayers, and come to the initiates with kindly…Open Hymn 59 in the full reader
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