Libation to Hermes on the 4th of Mounykhion in the Athenian calendar. A stormy night. No better time to honor the Theoi and sit in meditation with them.
In the Orphic tradition dionysius was first a child of persephone before being reborn to semele. Dionysius later gifts persephone a flower in exchange for his earth mother to live again. I like to think its truly because she loves her son.
I sing Antinous, the divine boy, the morning star, the King of flowers with sweet limbs. You are one with Osiris, O pretty God! Come in your boat, you who are fire and water, bear and lion, peace and war! Bring with you the fresh scents of perfume and offer joy to our hearts!
Come with Dionysus the noisy, in intoxication and peace, with the panthers and the maenads and let us taste the pure wine of your ecstasy!
Come with the most beautiful, the marine Aphrodite, who subjects gods and men to her power, she who surrounds the sea and rejoices with the nymphs along the shores!
Only then, o pure deities, will my heart be in celebration, a mirror for the sacred colors of spring.
Created this anthem this morning, it could become a nice personal Elaphebolion festival during Dionysia Te Astika: feel free to use it! Glory to the gods!