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Ῥέας
Θυμίαμα ἀρώματα
Πότνια Ῥέα, θύγατερ πολυμόρφου Πρωτογόνοιο,
Pótnia Rhéa, thýgater polymórphou Prōtogónœo, ᾗ λῖς ταυροφόνος ἱερότροχον ἅρμα τιταίνει,
hêi lîs taurophónos hierótrochon hárma titǽnei, τυμπανόδουπε, φιλοιστρομανές, χαλκόκροτε κούρη,
tympanódoupe, philœstromanés, chalcócrote coúrē, μῆτερ Ζηνὸς ἄνακτος Ὀλυμπίου, αἰγιόχοιο,
mêter Zēnòs ánactos Olympíou, ægióchœo, πάντιμ’, ἀγλαόμορφε, Κρόνου σύλλεκτρε μάκαιρα·
pántim’, aglaómorphe, Crónou sýllectre mácæra; οὔρεσιν ἣ χαίρεις θνητῶν τ’ ὀλολύγμασι φρικτοῖς,
oúresin hḕ chǽreis thnētôn t’ ololýgmasi phrictœ̂s, παμβασίλεια Ῥέα, πολεμόκλονος, ὀμβριμόθυμε,
pambasíleia Rhéa, polemóclonos, ombrimóthyme, ψευδομένη σώτειρα, λυτηριάς, ἀρχιγένεθλε·
pseudoménē sṓteira, lytēriás, archigénethle; μήτηρ μέν τε Θεῶν ἠδὲ θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων·
mḗtēr mén te Theôn ēdè thnētôn anthrṓpōn; ἐκ Σοῦ γὰρ καὶ γαῖα καὶ οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθε
ec Soû gàr cæ̀ gæ̂a cæ̀ ouranòs eurỳs hýperthe καὶ πόντος πνοαί τε· φιλόδρομος, ἠερόμορφε·
cæ̀ póntos pnoǽ te; philódromos, ēerómorphe; ἐλθέ, μάκαιρα Θεά, σωτήριος εὔφρονι βουλῇ
elthé, mácæra Theá, sōtḗrios eúphroni boulêi εἰρήνην κατάγουσα σὺν εὐόλβοις κτεάτεσσι,
eirḗnēn catágousa sỳn euólbœs cteátessi, λύματα καὶ κῆρας πέμπουσ’ ἐπὶ τέρματα γαίης.
lýmata cæ̀ cêras pémpous’ epì térmata gǽēs.
To Rhea1
The fumigation from aromatics
Daughter of great Protogonus 2 3 Jove , whose mighty arm can wield4 Saturn’s blessed queen.5
1
Rhea, according to the Orphic and Platonic theology, is one of the zoögonic or vivific principles of
the universe; having a maternal rank among the universal paternal orders, i.e. between
Saturn and
Jupiter . Hence She calls forth the causes latent in
Saturn to the procreation of the universe; and
definitely unfolds all the genera of the Gods. So that She is filled from
Saturn , with an intelligible and prolific power, which
She imparts to Jupiter the demiurgus of the universe;
filling His essence with a vivific abundance. Since this Goddess then is a medium between the two
intellectual parents of the universe, Saturn and
Jupiter , the former of which collects intellectual
multitude into one, but the other scatters and divides it. Hence says Proclus, in
Theol. Plat. p. 266 this Goddess
produces in Herself the demiurgic causes of the universe; but imparts her diffusive power abundantly
to secondary natures. On this account Plato assimilates Her prolific abundance to the flowing of
waters; signifying nothing more by the word flowing , than that fontal power, by which She
singularly contains the divine rivers of life. And p. 267 Proclus informs us, that this
Goddess, according to Orpheus, when considered as united to
Saturn by the most exalted part of Her essence, is
called Rhea: but considered as producing Jupiter , and,
together with Jove , unfolding the universal and particular
orders of the Gods, She is called Ceres .
2
In the note to Hercules it appears that Rhea is one of the progeny of the intellectual earth,
resident in Phanes; and from the note to
Hymn VI , to
Protogonus , we learn from Proclus, that Phanes is to be considered in the intelligible as well as in the
intellectual orders. Hence Rhea is, with perfect agreement to the Orphic theology, the daughter of
Protogonus , considered as subsisting among the
intelligible Gods.
3
I have here followed the correction of Pierson, who reads ταυροφόνων for
ταυροφόρον : for Rhea is the same with the Mother of the Gods, who is celebrated in
the Hymn to Her, as seated in a car drawn by lions.
4
Rhea, in the Orphic theology, is among the mundane divinities, the earth. Hence, according to Varro,
She is represented with a drum; because that instrument is a symbol of the earth.
August. de Civitat. lib. vii.
5
When Jupiter was born (says the fable) His mother Rhea in
order to deceive Saturn , gave Him a stone wrapped in
swaddling bands, in the place of Jove ; informing Him that
was Her offspring. Saturn immediately devoured the
stone; and Jupiter who was privately educated, at length
obtained the government of the world. With great propriety, therefore, is She called by the poet a
deceitful saviour. This fable, according to Phurnutus, signifies the creation of the world. For at
that time Nature (which among elementary essences is the same with
Jupiter ) was then nourished in the world, and at length
prevailed. The stone devoured by Saturn is the earth,
alluding to its firmly occupying the middle place: for says Phurnutus, beings could not abide
without such a foundation for their support. From this all things are produced, and derive their
proper aliment.
Opusc. Mythol. p. 147.
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