HYMNS OF ORPHEFS Complete
Book details
- Title
- HYMNS OF ORPHEFS Complete
- Publication year listed
- 1824
- Format
- Public domain eBook
- Reading access
- Free online reader; no registration required
- Source record
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About this book
HYMNS OF ORPHEFS Complete
Author: THOMAS TAYLOR
Year: 1824
This particular presentation differs from others in several respects. First, the Taylor translation is presented with each poem on a page of its own, making it possible to print out all the hymns and remove only the hymns required for any particular ritual. The couplets have been separated as in the original book, making it easier to rhyme the lines when reciting them (some online versions run the couplets together). Upon examination of the most commonly available collections of Taylor’s translation, many mistakes were found; this edition has been proofread and is thought to be correct. The ancient Greek is included after each hymn. We originally worked from the text found on the Greek Wiki site for ancient texts, but discovered that there were minor corruptions, mostly occasional modern Greek mixed in with the ancient text. Our current text has been proofread against the ancient text and these corruptions have been eliminated. Lastly, an index, missing from both the common translations, has been added at the end, to enable individuals to find the hymns more easily, since they are not in alphabetical order. The hymns do have a special order, but it is not alphabetical.