European Centre for Mithraic Studies is dedicated to promoting the study and understanding of the great god Mithra. Mithra is an ancient Indo-European god, whose cult flourished in different times all throughout the
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MithraCon 2020

March 27-29, 2020! Courtyard by Marriott at Yale, 30 Whalley Ave., New Haven, CT 06511 The New England Conference on Mithraic Studies is an informal

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Hymn

Orphic Hymn XXVII. TO MERCURY [HERMES]
Mercuralia Hermes, draw near, and to my pray’r incline, angel of Jove [Zeus], and Maia’s son divine; Studious of contests, ruler of mankind, with heart almighty, and a prudent mind. Celestial messenger, of various skill, whose pow’rful arts could watchful Argus kill: With winged feet, ’tis thine thro’ air to course, O friend of man, and prophet of discourse: Great life-supporter, to rejoice is thine, in arts gymnastic, and in fraud divine: With pow’r endu’d all language to explain, of care the loos’ner, and the source of gain. Whose hand contains of blameless peace the rod, Corucian, blessed, profitable God; Of various speech, whose aid in works we find, and in necessities to mortals kind: Dire weapon of the tongue, which men revere, be present, Hermes, and thy suppliant hear; Assist my works, conclude my life with peace, give graceful speech, and me memory’s increase.