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  1. 001

    Prayer to Poseidon, Amphitrite, Nereids

    ARION (PRESERVED BY AELIAN) · AELIAN, ON ANIMALS · 12.45

    greek · hymn
    Poseidon, Amphitrite, Nereids
    thanksgivingpraise
    archaic Greek (preserved by Aelian, 2nd-3rd c. AD)
    →
  2. 002

    Prayer to Charites, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia

    PINDAR · OLYMPIAN ODES · 14.1 ff

    greek · hymn
    Charites, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia
    invocationpraise
    5th c. BC
    →
  3. 003

    Prayer to Eileithyia, Hera, Moirai, Hebe

    PINDAR · NEMEAN ODES · 7.1 ff

    greek · hymn
    Eileithyia, Hera, Moirai, Hebe
    invocationpraise
    5th c. BC
    →
  4. 004

    Prayer to Bacchus, Liber, Phoebus, Ariadne, Palaemon

    SENECA · OEDIPUS · 401 ff (chorus)

    roman · hymn
    Bacchus, Liber, Phoebus, Ariadne, Palaemon
    invocationpraise
    1st c. AD
    →
  5. 005

    Prayer to Artemis

    CALLIMACHUS · HYMNS · 3 (to Artemis)

    greek · hymn
    Artemis
    invocationpraisepetition
    3rd c. BC
    →
  6. 006

    Prayer to Asclepius, Apollo, Hygieia, Iaso, Aigle, Panakea, Epione, Machaon, Podaleirios

    ANONYMOUS (INSCRIPTION FROM ERYTHRAI) · GREEK LYRIC (CAMPBELL, VOL. V) · Fragment 939

    greek · hymn
    Asclepius, Apollo, Hygieia, Iaso, Aigle, Panakea, Epione, Machaon, Podaleirios
    invocationpetitionpraise
    Greek (BC, exact date uncertain)
    →
  7. 007

    Prayer to Artemis, Apollo, Leto, Muses, Charites

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 27 (to Artemis)

    greek · hymn
    Artemis, Apollo, Leto, Muses, Charites
    invocationpraise
    archaic Greek (7th-4th c. BC)
    →
  8. 008

    Prayer to Ares

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 8 (to Ares)

    greek · hymn
    Ares
    invocationpetitionpraise
    late antique (Homeric corpus, hymn 8 is post-classical)
    →
  9. 009

    Prayer to Athena

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 29 (to Athena)

    greek · hymn
    Athena
    invocationpraise
    archaic Greek (7th-6th c. BC)
    →
  10. 010

    Prayer to Terminus, Iuppiter

    OVID · FASTI · II (Terminalia section)

    roman · hymn
    Terminus, Iuppiter
    praiseinvocation
    early 1st c. AD
    →
  11. 011

    Prayer to Aphrodite, Eros

    LABRYS POLYTHEISTIC COMMUNITY · HELLENIC POLYTHEISM: HOUSEHOLD WORSHIP · Wedding Ceremony — Hymn to Aphrodite and Eros

    greek · ritual
    Aphrodite, Eros
    invocationpraise
    →
  12. 012

    Prayer to Apollon, Asklepios

    AMPHEPOLEITES OF MACEDON · PAIAN TO APOLLON AND ASKLEPIOS

    greek · ritual
    Apollon, Asklepios
    praisepetitioninvocation
    Hellenistic
    →
  13. 013

    Prayer to Telesphoros, Asklepios

    ANONYMOUS · DEVOTIONAL HYMN TO TELESPHOROS

    greek · ritual
    Telesphoros, Asklepios
    praiseinvocation
    Hellenistic
    →
  14. 014

    Prayer to Athena

    LABRYS POLYTHEISTIC COMMUNITY · HELLENIC POLYTHEISM: HOUSEHOLD WORSHIP · Heliodites — Hymn to Athena

    greek · ritual
    Athena
    invocationpetitionpraise
    →
  15. 015

    Prayer to Hekate

    ANONYMOUS · GREEK MAGICAL PAPYRI (PGM IV) · 2785-2870

    greek · ritual
    Hekate
    invocationpraise
    3rd-4th c. AD
    →
  16. 016

    Prayer to Hestia

    LABRYS POLYTHEISTIC COMMUNITY · HELLENIC POLYTHEISM: HOUSEHOLD WORSHIP · Hymn to Hestia

    greek · ritual
    Hestia
    invocationpetitionpraise
    →
  17. 017

    Prayer to Hygeia

    ARIPHRON · PAIAN TO HYGEIA

    greek · ritual
    Hygeia
    praiseinvocation
    4th c. BC
    →
  18. 018

    Prayer to Zeus, Gaia, Helios, Poseidon, Persephone, Demeter, Artemis, Apollon, Dionysos, Ares, Hephaistos, Aphrodite, Hades, Hermes, Hera, Athena, Asklepios

    PLETHON / MOUSAIOS ADAPTATION · HELLENIC POLYTHEISM: HOUSEHOLD WORSHIP · Noumenia Ceremony — Prayer of Mousaios

    greek · ritual
    Zeus, Gaia, Helios, Poseidon, Persephone, Demeter, Artemis, Apollon, Dionysos, Ares, Hephaistos, Aphrodite, Hades, Hermes, Hera, Athena, Asklepios
    invocationpraise
    →
  19. 019

    Prayer to Selene

    ANONYMOUS / ORPHIC TRADITION · HELLENIC POLYTHEISM: HOUSEHOLD WORSHIP · Full Moon Ceremony — Hymn to Selene

    greek · ritual
    Selene
    invocationpetitionpraise
    →
  20. 020

    Prayer to Lares

    TIBULLUS · ELEGIAE · 1.10.15-25

    roman · personal
    Lares
    petitionprotectionpraise
    1st c. BC
    →
  21. 021

    Prayer to Mercurius

    HORACE · CARMINA · 1.10.1-8; 20-24

    roman · literary
    Mercurius
    praiseinvocation
    Augustan
    →
  22. 022

    Prayer to Tellus

    ANTONIUS MUSA · PRECATIO TERRAE

    roman · ritual
    Tellus
    invocationpraisepetition
    1st c. BC - 1st c. AD
    →
  23. 023

    Prayer to Tellus

    STATIUS · THEBAID · 8.303-338

    roman · literary
    Tellus
    invocationpraisepetition
    1st c. AD
    →
  24. 024

    Prayer to Terminus

    OVID · FASTI · 2.658-662; 2.673-678

    roman · ritual
    Terminus
    praisepetition
    Augustan
    →
  25. 025

    Prayer to Venus

    LUCRETIUS · DE RERUM NATURA · 1.1-9

    roman · literary
    Venus
    invocationpraise
    1st c. BC
    →
  26. 026

    Prayer to Carmenta

    ANONYMOUS · RITUS CARMENTIS · Hail prayer

    roman · ritual
    Carmenta
    praiseinvocation
    Archaic
    →
  27. 027

    Prayer to Bacchus

    OVID · METAMORPHOSES · 4.11-21; 31

    roman · literary
    Bacchus
    invocationpraise
    Augustan
    →
  28. 028

    Prayer to Ceres

    VIRGIL · ECLOGUES · 1.338-350

    roman · ritual
    Ceres
    invocationdedicationpraise
    Augustan
    →
  29. 029

    Prayer to Ceres, Libera

    CICERO · IN C. VERREM · IV.72.187-188

    roman · public
    Ceres, Libera
    invocationpraise
    1st c. BC
    →
  30. 030

    Prayer to Ceres, Flora, Tellus

    M. HORATIUS PISCINUS · HARVEST PRAYER TO CERES (MODERN RECONSTRUCTION)

    roman · ritual
    Ceres, Flora, Tellus
    invocationgratitudededicationpraise
    →
  31. 031

    Prayer to Diana

    CATULLUS · CARMINA · 34

    roman · ritual
    Diana
    praiseinvocationpetition
    1st c. BC
    →
  32. 032

    Prayer to Diana, Apollo

    HORACE · CARMEN SAECULARE · 1-4; 13-16; 69-72

    roman · ritual
    Diana, Apollo
    petitioninvocationpraise
    Augustan
    →
  33. 033

    Prayer to Apollo

    QUINTUS SERENUS SAMMONICUS · LIBER MEDICINALIS · Praefatio

    roman · ritual
    Apollo
    invocationpetitionpraise
    2nd-3rd c. AD
    →
  34. 034

    Prayer to Aphrodite

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 5 (to Aphrodite), opening and closing

    greek · hymn
    Aphrodite
    invocationpraise
    archaic Greek (7th-4th c. BC)
    →
  35. 035

    Prayer to Dionysus, Semele

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 1 (to Dionysus), closing

    greek · hymn
    Dionysus, Semele
    invocationpraise
    archaic Greek (7th-4th c. BC)
    →
  36. 036

    Prayer to Dionysus, Semele

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 7 (to Dionysus), opening and closing

    greek · hymn
    Dionysus, Semele
    invocationpraise
    archaic Greek (7th-4th c. BC)
    →
  37. 037

    Prayer to Hera, Zeus, Rhea

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 12 (to Hera)

    greek · hymn
    Hera, Zeus, Rhea
    invocationpraise
    archaic Greek (7th-4th c. BC)
    →
  38. 038

    Prayer to Hermes, Zeus, Maia

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 4 (to Hermes), excerpts

    greek · hymn
    Hermes, Zeus, Maia
    invocationpraise
    archaic Greek (7th-4th c. BC)
    →
  39. 039

    Prayer to Hermes, Zeus, Maia

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 18 (to Hermes)

    greek · hymn
    Hermes, Zeus, Maia
    invocationpraise
    archaic Greek (7th-4th c. BC)
    →
  40. 040

    Prayer to Ceres

    OVID · METAMORPHOSES · 5.341 ff

    roman · hymn
    Ceres
    invocationpraise
    early 1st c. AD
    →
  41. 041

    Prayer to Artemis, Apollo

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 9 (to Artemis)

    greek · hymn
    Artemis, Apollo
    invocationpraise
    archaic Greek (7th-4th c. BC)
    →
  42. 042

    Prayer to Asclepius, Apollo

    ANONYMOUS (HOMERIC CORPUS) · HOMERIC HYMNS · 16 (to Asclepius)

    greek · hymn
    Asclepius, Apollo
    invocationpraise
    archaic Greek (7th-4th c. BC)
    →
  43. 043

    Prayer to Hera

    LABRYS POLYTHEISTIC COMMUNITY (ADAPTED FROM ORPHIC) · HELLENIC POLYTHEISM: HOUSEHOLD WORSHIP · Ceremony for Luck — Hymn to Hera

    greek · ritual
    Hera
    invocationpraise
    →
  44. 044

    Prayer to Hekate

    ANONYMOUS / ORPHIC TRADITION · HELLENIC POLYTHEISM: HOUSEHOLD WORSHIP · Full Moon Ceremony — Hymn to Hekate

    greek · ritual
    Hekate
    invocationpraise
    →
  45. 045

    Prayer to Mercurius

    MANILIUS · ASTRONOMICON · 1.30ff

    roman · literary
    Mercurius
    invocationpraise
    Augustan
    →
  46. 046

    Prayer to Mercurius

    PLAUTUS · ASINARIA · 545-546

    roman · literary
    Mercurius
    gratitudepraise
    2nd c. BC
    →
  47. 047

    Prayer to Neptunus

    PLAUTUS · TRINUMMUS · 819-830

    roman · literary
    Neptunus
    gratitudepraise
    2nd c. BC
    →
  48. 048

    Prayer to Vesta

    OVID · FASTI · 6.249-250

    roman · ritual
    Vesta
    petitionpraise
    Augustan
    →
  49. 049

    Prayer to Hercules

    PROPERTIUS · ELEGIAE · 4.9.71-74

    roman · literary
    Hercules
    praisepetition
    Augustan
    →
  50. 050

    Prayer to Hercules

    VIRGIL · AENEID · 8.301-302

    roman · literary
    Hercules
    invocationpraise
    Augustan
    →
  51. 051

    Prayer to Bacchus

    VIRGIL · GEORGICS · 2.2-8

    roman · literary
    Bacchus
    invocationpraise
    Augustan
    →
  52. 052

    Prayer to Ceres

    OVID · AMORES · 3.10.3-14; 43-48

    roman · literary
    Ceres
    praisepetition
    Augustan
    →
  53. 053

    Prayer to Ceres, Bacchus, Fauns

    VIRGIL · GEORGICS · 1.7-12

    roman · literary
    Ceres, Bacchus, Fauns
    invocationpraise
    Augustan
    →
  54. 054

    Prayer to Diana

    ANONYMOUS · CORPUS INSCRIPTIONES LATINAE · X.3796

    roman · personal
    Diana
    praisededication
    →
  55. 055

    Prayer to Diana

    GRATTIUS FALISCUS · CYNEGETICA · 1-2

    roman · literary
    Diana
    gratitudepraise
    Augustan
    →
  56. 056

    Prayer to Diana

    HORACE · CARMINA · 1.21.1; 5-8

    roman · literary
    Diana
    invocationpraise
    Augustan
    →
  57. 057

    Prayer to Diana

    LAEVIUS · CARMINA · fr. 26; p. 292

    roman · literary
    Diana
    praiseinvocation
    2nd-1st c. BC
    →
  58. 058

    Prayer to Sol, Apollo

    CLAUDIUS CLAUDIANUS · IN OLYBII ET PROBINI FRATRES CONSULES PANEGYRICUS · 1-7

    roman · public
    Sol, Apollo
    invocationpraise
    4th-5th c. AD
    →
  59. 059

    Prayer to Apollo

    MARTIAL · EPIGRAMMATA · 9.42

    roman · literary
    Apollo
    petitionpraise
    1st c. AD
    →
  60. 060

    Prayer to Apollo

    TIBULLUS · ELEGIAE · 2.5.1-4; 122-123

    roman · literary
    Apollo
    petitioninvocationpraise
    1st c. BC
    →
  61. 061

    Prayer to Bacchus

    GRATTIUS · CYNEGETICA · 475-476

    roman · literary
    Bacchus
    praise
    Augustan
    →
  62. 062

    Prayer to Bacchus

    HORACE · CARMINA · 3.25.19-20

    roman · literary
    Bacchus
    praiseinvocation
    Augustan
    →