ORPHIC HYMN TO PHANES
"Tᴏ Pʀᴏᴛᴏɢᴏɴᴏs [ɪ.ᴇ. Pʜᴀɴᴇs], Fᴜᴍɪɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ғʀᴏᴍ Mʏʀʀʜ.
O ᴍɪɢʜᴛʏ Pʀᴏᴛᴏɢᴏɴᴏs (Fɪʀsᴛ-Bᴇɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ), ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴍʏ ᴘʀᴀʏᴇʀ, ᴛᴡᴏғᴏʟᴅ, ᴇɢɢ-ʙᴏʀɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀɴᴅᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɪʀ; ʙᴜʟʟ-ʀᴏᴀʀᴇʀ, ɢʟᴏʀʏɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜʏ ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ᴡɪɴɢs, ғʀᴏᴍ ᴡʜᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴄᴇ ᴏғ Gᴏᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ sᴘʀɪɴɢs. Eʀɪᴋᴀᴘᴀɪᴏs (Eʀɪᴄᴀᴘᴀᴇᴜs), ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ, ɪɴᴇғғᴀʙʟᴇ, ᴏᴄᴄᴜʟᴛ, ᴀʟʟ-sʜɪɴɪɴɢ ғʟᴏᴡᴇʀ. 'Tɪs ᴛʜɪɴᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴅᴀʀᴋsᴏᴍᴇ ᴍɪsᴛs ᴛᴏ ᴘᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sɪɢʜᴛ, ᴀʟʟ-sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ sᴘʟᴇɴᴅᴏᴜʀ, ᴘᴜʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏʟʏ ʟɪɢʜᴛ; ʜᴇɴᴄᴇ, Pʜᴀɴᴇs, ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʟᴏʀʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴋʏ, ᴏɴ ᴡᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴘɪɴɪᴏɴs ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ғʟʏ. Pʀɪᴇᴘᴏs (Pʀɪᴀᴘᴜs), ᴅᴀʀᴋ-ᴇʏᴇᴅ sᴘʟᴇɴᴅᴏᴜʀ, ᴛʜᴇᴇ I sɪɴɢ, ɢᴇɴɪᴀʟ, ᴀʟʟ-ᴘʀᴜᴅᴇɴᴛ, ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙʟᴇssᴇᴅ ᴋɪɴɢ. Wɪᴛʜ ᴊᴏʏғᴜʟ ᴀsᴘᴇᴄᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ʀɪᴛᴇs ᴅɪᴠɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏʟʏ ᴄᴏɴsᴇᴄʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ (ᴛᴇʟᴇᴛᴇ) ᴘʀᴏᴘɪᴛɪᴏᴜs sʜɪɴᴇ."
Phanes by Francesco de'Rossi (XVIth)













