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

  1. To Prothyraea
  2. To Nyx
  3. To Uranus
  4. To Aether
  5. To Protogonous
  6. To Astron
  7. To Helios (The Sun)
  8. To Selene (The Moon: Matron)
  9. To Phusis (Nature)
  10. To Pan
  11. To Heracles
  12. To Chronus
  13. To Rhea
  14. To Zeus
  15. To Hera
  16. To Poseidon
  17. To Pluto
  18. To Zeus of Thunder
  19. To Zeus of Lightning
  20. To Nephelae (Clouds)
  21. To Thalassa (Sea)
  22. To Nereus
  23. To The Nereids
  24. To Proteus
  25. To Gaea (Earth)
  26. To Mother of the Gods
  27. To Hermes
  28. To Persephone
  29. To Dionysus
  30. To the Curetes
  31. To Athena
  32. To Nike (Victory)
  33. To Apollo
  34. To Leto
  35. To Artemis (The Moon: Maid)
  36. To the Titans
  37. To the Curetes
  38. To Corybas
  39. To Demeter of Eleusis
  40. To Ceralian Demeter
  41. To Misa
  42. To the Horae (Seasons)
  43. To Semele
  44. To Dionysus Bassareus
  45. To Dionysus Licnitus
  46. To Dionysus Pericionus
  47. To Zabazius
  48. To Ippa
  49. To Lysius Lenaeus
  50. To the Nymphs
  51. To Trietericus
  52. To Ampietus Bacchus
  53. To Silenius, Satyr, Bacchae
  54. To Aphrodite
  55. To Adonis
  56. To Hermes Chthonius
  57. To Eros (Love)
  58. To the Moirae (Fates)
  59. To the Charites (Graces)
  60. To Nemesis
  61. To Dice (Justice)
  62. To Dicaeosyne (Equity)
  63. To Nomus (Law)
  64. To Ares
  65. To Hephaestus
  66. To Asclepius
  67. To Hygea (Health)
  68. To the Erinyes (Furies)
  69. To the Euminides
  70. To Melinoe
  71. To Tyche (Fortune)
  72. To the Daemon
  73. To Leucothea
  74. To Palaemon
  75. To the Muses
  76. To Mnemonsyne (Memory)
  77. To Eos (Dawn)
  78. To Themis (Custom)
  79. To Boreas (North Wind)
  80. To Zephyrus (West Wind)
  81. To Notus (South Wind)
  82. To Oceanus
  83. To Hestia (Hearth)
  84. To Hypnus (Sleep)
  85. To the Oneiri (Dreams)
  86. To Hecate (The Moon: Crone)
  87. To Thanatus (Death)