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"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891],

p. 238

Hercules Drunk.

Orphic Hymns.

I shall utter to whom it is lawful; but let the doors be closed,

Nevertheless, against all the profane. But do thou hear,

Oh Musus, for I will declare what is true....

He is the One, self-proceeding; and from him all things proceed,

And in them he himself exerts his activity; no mortal

Beholds Him, but he beholds all.

There is one royal body in which all things are enwombed,

Fire and Water, Earth, ther, Night and Day,

And Counsel ["Metis"], the first producer, and delightful Love,--

For all these are contained in the great body of Zeus.

Zeus, the mighty thunderer, is first; Zeus is last;

Zeus is the head, Zeus the middle of all things;

From Zeus were all things produced. He is male, he is female;

Zeus is the depth of the earth, the height of the starry heavens;

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He is the breath of all things, the force of untamed fire;

The bottom of the sea; Sun, Moon, and Stars;

Origin of all; King of all; One Power, one God, one Great Ruler.