Hymn to Aether

Hymn to Aether

The Orphic Hymns (3rd century AD?) are a collection of eighty-seven poems addressed to various deities or abstractions. 

The fifth Orphic Hymn was addressed to Aether:

Yours are Zeus' lofty dwelling, endless power too;

of the stars, of the sun, and of the moon you claim a share.

O tamer of all, O fire-breather, O life's spark for every creature,

sublime Ether, best cosmic element,

radiant, luminous, starlit offspring,

I call upon you and I beseech you to be temperate and clear

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