Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

"240 Appendix.[In frenzy blind they stray away from good,By thirst of glory tempted, or sordid avarice,Or pleasures sensual and joys that fall.]But do thou, Oh Zeus, all-bestower, cloud-compeller!Ruler of thunder! guard men from sad error.Father !dispel the clouds of the soul, and let us followThe laws of thy great and just reign !That we may be honored, let us honor thee again,Chanting thy great deeds, as is proper for mortals,For nothing can be better for gods or menThan to adore with hymns the Universal King.** Rev. J. Freeman Clarke, whose version is here copied, rendersthis phrase"the law common to all." The Greek text reads:xo .vov as: vo4](uov ev o .x-fl D^vsw,"the term VOJAO?, nomos, orLaw, being used for King, as Love is for God. A. W.Proserpina Enthroned in Hades.