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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 63: Justice, the virtue

A hymn to Dikaiosyne, Justice as a quality of a person, who delights in the just.

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ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΥΝΗΣDikaiosýnēsOf Justice,θυμίαμαthymíamaIncenseλίβανονlíbanonfrankincense.ὮÔOθνητοῖσιthnētoîsito mortalsδικαιοτάτηdikaiotátēmost just,πολύολβεpolýolberich in blessings,ποθεινήpotheinḗlonged for,ἐξexon the basis ofἰσότητοςisótētosequalityἀεὶaeìalwaysθνητοῖςthnētoîsmortalsχαίρουσαchaírousadelightingδικαίοιςdikaíoisjust

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