European Pagan Memory Day

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SEVENTH MONTHLY HYMN, TO THE GODS OF THE SKY

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O Helios, lord of this sky, be propitious;

you too, be propitious to us, Selene, sacred lady;

and you Phosphorus, and you Stilbon, of the bright sun

always mates, and you, Phenon, Phaeton,

Pyroen, all subject to the sun

sovereign who you help

for what concerns us, according to what needed; we celebrate you

as our illustrious patrons,

together with other stars, put in the sky for divine far-sightedness.

 

[Note: phosphorus in Greek means ‘bearer of light’, in Latin Lucifer, that is the planet Venus appearing in the morning; Stilbon is the planet Mercury, Phenon Saturn, Phaeton Jupiter, Pyroen Mars, all planets]

George Gemistos Plethon

translated by Manuela Simeoni

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