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A second hymn to the avenging goddesses, now under their gentler name, the Eumenides. Here they are daughters of the king of the dead and Persephone.
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How it opens, word by word ΕΥΜΕΝΙΔΩΝ Eumenídōn Of the Eumenides , θυμίαμα thymíama Incense ἀρώματα arṓmata aromatics . Κλῦτέ Klŷté Hear μευ meu me , Εὐμενίδες Eumenídes Eumenides μεγαλώνυμοι megalṓnymoi of great name , εὔφρονι eúphroni kindly βουλῇ boulêi intent ,
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70.1 The Eumenides, the kindly ones. Of the Eumenides. Incense: aromatics. Hear me, Eumenides of great name, with kindly intent,…70.4 Avengers of the unjust. you who look down on the life of all impious mortals, avengers of the…70.6 Light that eats the flesh. dark-skinned queens, flashing from your eyes a dread, reflected gleam of light that eats…70.8 I call you to holy minds. eternal, fearful-eyed, dreadful, sovereign queens, loosening the limbs with frenzy, grim, nocturnal, of many…Open Hymn 70 in the full reader
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