The Orphic Hymns Project
The Orphic Hymns are ancient Greek poems that were part of the multi-god worshipping religious practice of Orphism. In 1787, the Orphic Hymns were translated into English by Thomas Taylor. A second edition was published in 1824. There are 87 known Orphic Hymns.
In 2019, I began composing music for the Orphic Hymns. I have plans to eventually cover the entire canon. Hymns that I have arranged into songs are in bold.
0. To Musaeus
- To Prothyraea
- To Nyx
- To Uranus
- To Aether
- To Protogonous
- To Astron
- To Helios (The Sun)
- To Selene (The Moon: Matron)
- To Phusis (Nature)
- To Pan
- To Heracles
- To Chronus
- To Rhea
- To Zeus
- To Hera
- To Poseidon
- To Pluto
- To Zeus of Thunder
- To Zeus of Lightning
- To Nephelae (Clouds)
- To Thalassa (Sea)
- To Nereus
- To The Nereids
- To Proteus
- To Gaea (Earth)
- To Mother of the Gods
- To Hermes
- To Persephone
- To Dionysus
- To the Curetes
- To Athena
- To Nike (Victory)
- To Apollo
- To Leto
- To Artemis (The Moon: Maid)
- To the Titans
- To the Curetes
- To Corybas
- To Demeter of Eleusis
- To Ceralian Demeter
- To Misa
- To the Horae (Seasons)
- To Semele
- To Dionysus Bassareus
- To Dionysus Licnitus
- To Dionysus Pericionus
- To Zabazius
- To Ippa
- To Lysius Lenaeus
- To the Nymphs
- To Trietericus
- To Ampietus Bacchus
- To Silenius, Satyr, Bacchae
- To Aphrodite
- To Adonis
- To Hermes Chthonius
- To Eros (Love)
- To the Moirae (Fates)
- To the Charites (Graces)
- To Nemesis
- To Dice (Justice)
- To Dicaeosyne (Equity)
- To Nomus (Law)
- To Ares
- To Hephaestus
- To Asclepius
- To Hygea (Health)
- To the Erinyes (Furies)
- To the Euminides
- To Melinoe
- To Tyche (Fortune)
- To the Daemon
- To Leucothea
- To Palaemon
- To the Muses
- To Mnemonsyne (Memory)
- To Eos (Dawn)
- To Themis (Custom)
- To Boreas (North Wind)
- To Zephyrus (West Wind)
- To Notus (South Wind)
- To Oceanus
- To Hestia (Hearth)
- To Hypnus (Sleep)
- To the Oneiri (Dreams)
- To Hecate (The Moon: Crone)
- To Thanatus (Death)