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diff --git a/prayer-hestia.txt b/prayer-hestia.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..df0009a --- /dev/null +++ b/prayer-hestia.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +I’ve been reading Greek Hymns: The Texts in Translation by William Furleely and Jan Bremer and came across a very lovely prayer to Hestia, written by one Aristonoos from Corinth during the 4th century BCE: + +Holy Queen of Sanctity, +we hymn you, Hestia, whose abiding realm +is Olympus and the middle point of earth +and the Delphic laurel tree! +You dance around Apollo’s towering temple +rejoicing both in the tripod’s mantic voices +and when Apollo sounds the seven strings +of his golden phorminx and, with you, +sings the praises of the feasting gods. +We salute you, daughter of Kronos +and Rhea, who alone brings firelight +to the sacred altars of the gods; +Hestia, reward our prayer, grant +wealth obtained in honesty; then we shall always +dance around your glistening throne. |