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 προχεει σειρει το, τε κυδηεν γενος ηρωων, εργα τα θνητων κρυφιαισιν οδοις διανισσομενον, εργα βροτεια. ψυηα τ’ ακλινης, και κλινομενα ες μελαναυγεις χθονιους ογκους.

viz. &#8220;Thee, father of the worlds, father of the &aelig;ones, artificer of the Gods, it is holy to praise. Thee, O king, the intellectual Gods sing, thee, O blessed God, the Cosmagi, those fulgid eyes, and starry intellects, celebrate, round which the illustrious body [of the world] dances. All the race of the blessed sing thy praise, those that are about, and those that are in the world, the zonic Gods, and also the azonic, who govern the parts of the world, wise itinerants, stationed about the illustrious pilots [of the universe,] and which the angelic series pours forth. Thee too, the renowned genus of heroes celebrates, which by occult paths pervades the works of mortals, and likewise the soul which does not incline to the regions of mortality, and the soul which descends into dark terrestrial masses.&#8221;

In another part also of the same hymn, he informs us that he adored the powers that preside over Thrace and Chalcedon.

Ικετευσα θεους, δϱηστηϱας οσοι γονιμον Θϱῃκης