ORPHIC TRADITION
69. Orphic Hymn to the Erinyes
"To mankind’s impious counsels ever nigh, fateful, and fierce to punish these you [the Erinyes] fly. Revenge and sorrows dire to you belong, hid in a savage vest, severe and strong . . . The boundless tribe of mortals you descry, and justly rule with Dike’s (Justice’s) impartial eye."
70. Orphic Hymn to the Eumenides
"Illustrious Eumenides . . . whose piercing sight with vision unconfined surveys the deeds of all the impious kind. On fate attendant, punishing the race with wrath severe, of deeds unjust and base . . . eternal rulers, terrible and strong, to whom revenge and tortures dire belong; fateful, and horrid to the human sight."
29. Orphic Hymn to Persephone
"Praxidike (Exacter of Justice) [Persephone], subterranean queen. The Eumenides’ [Erinyes’] source."
69. Orphic Hymn to the Erinyes
"To mankind’s impious counsels ever nigh, fateful, and fierce to punish these you [the Erinyes] fly. Revenge and sorrows dire to you belong, hid in a savage vest, severe and strong . . . The boundless tribe of mortals you descry, and justly rule with Dike’s (Justice’s) impartial eye."
70. Orphic Hymn to the Eumenides
"Illustrious Eumenides . . . whose piercing sight with vision unconfined surveys the deeds of all the impious kind. On fate attendant, punishing the race with wrath severe, of deeds unjust and base . . . eternal rulers, terrible and strong, to whom revenge and tortures dire belong; fateful, and horrid to the human sight."
29. Orphic Hymn to Persephone
"Praxidike (Exacter of Justice) [Persephone], subterranean queen. The Eumenides’ [Erinyes’] source."
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69. Orphic Hymn to the Erinyes
"To mankind’s impious counsels ever nigh, fateful, and fierce to punish these you [the Erinyes] fly. Revenge and sorrows dire to you belong, hid in a savage vest, severe and strong . . . The boundless tribe of mortals you descry, and justly rule with Dike’s (Justice’s) impartial eye."
70. Orphic Hymn to the Eumenides
"Illustrious Eumenides . . . whose piercing sight with vision unconfined surveys the deeds of all the impious kind. On fate attendant, punishing the race with wrath severe, of deeds unjust and base . . . eternal rulers, terrible and strong, to whom revenge and tortures dire belong; fateful, and horrid to the human sight."
29. Orphic Hymn to Persephone
"Praxidike (Exacter of Justice) [Persephone], subterranean queen. The Eumenides’ [Erinyes’] source."](https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/p480x480/309782_558510660827666_1654936138_n.jpg)
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