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The Orphic Hymns, Hymn 78: Hear, goddess who brings the day

The hymn to Dawn, sung over frankincense powder. Eos brings the daylight to mortals and runs ahead of the Sun as his herald.

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• 78.1 Hear, goddess who brings the day. Of Dawn. Incense: frankincense powder. Hear, goddess, you who bring the light-giving day to…
• 78.4 Night sent under the earth. you who at your rising send the gloomy, dark journey of Night down to…
• 78.7 No one flees your face. the race of mortal men delights in you, and there is no one who…
• 78.10 Every creature rejoices. and every mortal rejoices, every creeping thing and the other tribes of four-footed beasts,…

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