the orphic hymn to dionysus
come, blessed dionysus, bull-faced god conceived in fire… you delight in bloody swords and in the holy maenads as you howl throughout olympus, o roaring and frenzied bacchos. armed with thyrsus and wrathful in the extreme, you are honoured by all the gods and by all the men who dwell upon the earth. come, blessed and leaping god, and bring much joy to all.