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Orphic Hymn LXIV. TO MARS [ARES]
Quinquatria Magnanimous, unconquer’d, boistrous Mars, in darts rejoicing, and in bloody wars Fierce and untam’d, whose mighty pow’r can make the strongest walls from their foundations shake: Mortal destroying king, defil’d with gore, pleas’d with war’s dreadful and tumultuous roar: Thee, human blood, and swords, and spears delight, and the dire ruin of mad savage fight. Stay, furious contests, and avenging strife, whose works with woe, embitter human life; To lovely Venus [Kypris], and to Bacchus [Lyaios] yield, to Ceres [Deo] give the weapons of the field; Encourage peace, to gentle works inclin’d, and give abundance, with benignant mind.
Orphic Hymn XXXI. TO PALLAS [ATHENE]
Minervalia Only-Begotten, noble race of Jove, blessed and fierce, who joy’st in caves to rove: O, warlike Pallas, whose illustrious kind, ineffable and effable we find: Magnanimous and fam’d, the rocky height, and groves, and shady mountains thee delight: In arms rejoicing, who with Furies dire and wild, the souls of mortals dost inspire. Gymnastic virgin of terrific mind, dire Gorgons bane, unmarried, blessed, kind: Mother of arts, imperious; understood, rage to the wicked., wisdom to the good: Female and male, the arts of war are thine, fanatic, much-form’d dragoness [Drakaina], divine: O’er the Phlegrean giants rous’d to ire, thy coursers driving, with destruction dire. Sprung from the head of Jove [Tritogeneia], of splendid mien, purger of evils, all-victorious queen. Hear me, O Goddess, when to thee I pray, with supplicating voice both night and day, And in my latest hour, peace and health, propitious times, and necessary wealth, And, ever present, be thy vot’ries aid, O, much implor’d, art’s parent, blue eyed maid.