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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 75: Foster-brother of Dionysus

Palaemon, Leukothea's son, was brought up with the child Dionysus. Now he lives in the depths of the sea.

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ΠΑΛΑΙΜΟΝΟΣPalaímonosOf Palaemon,θυμίαμαthymíamaIncenseμάννανmánnanfrankincense powder.ΣύντροφεSýntropheFoster-brotherβακχεχόροιοbakchechóroiowho leads the Bacchic danceΔιωνύσουDiōnýsouDionysusπολυγηθοῦςpolygēthoûsjoyful,ὃςhòsyou whoναίειςnaíeislive inπόντοιοpóntoioof the seaβυθοὺςbythoùsdepthsἁλικύμοναςhalikýmonaswave-washed,

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