Prayer to Dionysus
Dionysus
Bakkhos Perikionios, hear my prayer, who madest the house of Kadmos once thy care, with matchless force his pillars twining round, when burning thunders shook the solid ground, in flaming, sounding torrents borne along, propped by thy grasp indissolubly strong. Come, mighty Bakkhos, to these rites inclined, and bless thy suppliants with rejoicing mind.
Fons · Source
AuthorAnonymous (Orphic corpus)
WorkOrphic Hymns
Section47 (to Pericionius)
PeriodHellenistic to Roman imperial (3rd c. BC – 2nd c. AD)
OccasionOrphic hymn to Dionysus Perikionios ('around the pillar') — recalling the rescue of the house of Cadmus when its pillars trembled
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Culturegreek
Formhymn
DeitiesDionysus
Functionsinvocation · petition
Spherefertility