Prayer to Asclepius, Dioscuri, Charites, Muses, Moirai, Helios, Selene
Asclepius · Dioscuri · Charites · Muses · Moirai · Helios · Selene
High-skilled Asklepios; and summon the two Dioskouroi and the august Kharites and glorious Mousai and kindly Moirai and unwearied Helios and Selene at her full and all the signs with which heaven is crowned. Greetings, all you immortal gods everlasting and immortal goddesses!
Fons · Source
AuthorAnonymous (inscription from the shrine of Asclepius at Epidaurus)
WorkGreek Lyric (Campbell, vol. V)
SectionFragment 937
PeriodGreek (BC, exact date uncertain)
Occasionfragment of an inscribed hymn from the Asklepieion at Epidaurus — collective invocation of Asclepius and the celestial powers
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Culturegreek
Formhymn
DeitiesAsclepius, Dioscuri, Charites, Muses, Moirai, Helios, Selene
Functionsinvocation
Spherehealing