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Following is the translation by Apostolos Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow, of the hymn to Melinoe: I call upon Melinoë, saffron-cloaked nymph of the earth, whom revered Persephone bore by the mouth of the Kokytos river upon the sacred bed of Kronian Zeus. In the guise of Plouton Zeus tricked Persephone and through wiley plots bedded her;
Melinno's "Ode to Rome" is a hymn to the goddess Roma, made up of five Sapphic stanzas. [7] It is written in an artificial choral dialect, and Melinno's use of this dialect and the Sapphic stanza, which was rarely used after Sappho 's day, suggest that she was well-educated.
The ceremony in which the Hymns played a role was the τελετή, [96] a term which usually refers to a rite of initiation into mysteries. [97] Within the Hymns, there are numerous references to the τελετή, [98] including several mentions of the πάνθειος τελετή, an initiation rite to all of the gods. [99]
Melinoe is a chthonic nymph, daughter of Persephone, invoked in one of the Orphic Hymns and propitiated as a bringer of nightmares and madness. [82] She may also be the figure named in a few inscriptions from Anatolia, [83] and she appears on a bronze tablet in association with Persephone. [84]
A nymph (Ancient Greek: νύμφη, romanized: nýmphē; Attic Greek: [nýmpʰɛː]; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. ...
Her name, meaning "the black," suggests that she presided over subterranean nymphs. These three bee maidens with the power of divination and thus speaking truth are described in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes , and the food of the gods is "identified as honey"; [ 7 ] the bee maidens were originally associated with Apollo , and are probably not ...
A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. [1] The word hymn derives from Greek ὕμνος (hymnos), which means "a song of praise". [2]
Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Internet Archive. McLeish, Kenneth. Myth: Myths and Legends of the World Explored. New York: Facts On ...