Orphic Hymn to Dionysos

[44] XLIV. TO DIONYSUS BASSAREUS TRIENNALIS

A Hymn
Come, blessed Dionysus [Dionysos], various nam'd, bull-fac'd,
begot from Thunder, Bacchus [Bakkhos] fam'd.
Bassarian God, of universal might, whom swords, and blood, and sacred rage delight:
In heav'n rejoicing, mad, loud-sounding God, furious inspirer, bearer of the rod:
By Gods rever'd, who dwell'st with human kind, propitious come, with much-rejoicing mind.