Κρόνου

Θυμίαμα στύρακα

Ἀϊθαλές, μακάρων τε Θεῶν πάτερ ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν, Aithalés, macárōn te Theôn páter ēdè cæ̀ andrôn, ποικιλόβουλ’, ἀμίαντε, μεγασθενές, ἄλκιμε Τιτάν· pœcilóboul’, amíante, megasthenés, álcime Titán; ὃς δαπανᾷς μὲν ἅπαντα καὶ αὔξεις ἔμπαλιν αὐτός· hòs dapanâis mèn hápanta cæ̀ aúxeis émpalin autós; δεσμοὺς ἀρρήκτους ὃς ἔχεις κατ’ ἀπείρονα κόσμον, desmoùs arrhḗctous hòs écheis cat’ apeírona cósmon, αἰῶνος Κρόνε παγγενέτορ, Κρόνε ποικιλόμυθε, æônos Cróne pangenétor, Cróne pœcilómythe, γαίης τε βλάστημα καὶ οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος, gǽēs te blástēma cæ̀ ouranoû asteróentos, γέννα, φυῆς, μείωσι, Ῥέας πόσι, σεμνὲ προμηθεῦ, génna, phyês, meíōsi, Rhéas pósi, semnè promētheû, ὃς ναίεις κατὰ πάντα μέρη κόσμοιο, γενάρχα, hòs nǽeis catà pánta mérē cósmœo, genárcha, ἀγκυλομήτα, φέριστε· κλύων ἱκετηρίδα φωνὴν ancylomḗta, phériste; clýōn hicetērída phōnḕn πέμποις εὐόλβου βιότου τέλος αἰὲν ἄμεμπτον. pémpœs euólbou biótou télos æèn ámempton.

To Cronos

The fumigation from storax

Ætherial father, mighty Titan¹, hear,
great fire of Gods and men, whom all revere:
endowed with various council, pure and strong,
to whom perfection and decrease belong.
Consum’d by Thee all forms that hourly die,
by Thee restor’d, their former place supply;
the world immense in everlasting chains,
strong and ineffable Thy pow’r contains
father of vast eternity, divine,
O mighty Saturn, various speech is thine:
blossom of earth and of the starry skies,
husband of Rhea, and Prometheus wife.
Obstetric Nature, venerable root,
from which the various forms of being shoot;
no parts peculiar can Thy pow’r enclose,
diffus’d thro’ all, from which the world arose,
O, best of beings, of a subtle mind,
propitious hear to holy pray’rs inclin’d;
the sacred rites benevolent attend,
And grant a blameless life, a blessed end.