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The Orphic Hymns

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The Orphic Hymns are 87 Greek poems addressed to the gods, attributed to the mythical poet-prophet Orpheus who descended into Hades and returned. They were used as liturgy in the Greek mystery religions — private religious cults whose initiates underwent secret rites promising direct knowledge of the divine, experience of death and rebirth, and liberation from the cycle of reincarnation.

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Edition056
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01 / Historical context

3rd–4th century AD compilation of older material. The sacred poetry of the Greek mystery religions. Outlawed by Theodosius I, 391 AD, when he banned pagan religion throughout the R

02 / Why it matters

The prayers of the mystery religions. Outlawed. Here restored.

From / associated with the text
“Night, parent goddess, source of sweet repose, from whom at first both Gods and men arose.”
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