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Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

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Hercules Drunk.OKPHICHYMNS.I shall utter to whom it is lawful ;but let the doors be closed,Nevertheless, against all the profane.But do thou hear,Oh Musasus, for I will declare what is true. . . .He is the One, self -proceeding <strong>and</strong> from him all;things proceed,And in them he himself exerts his activity ;no mortalBeholds Him, but he beholds all.There is one royal body in which all things are enwombed,Fire <strong>and</strong> Water, Earth, ^JEther, Night <strong>and</strong> Day,And Counsel [Mette], the first producer, <strong>and</strong> 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 ;238

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