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//- meta
	slug: "hymns/astrapios"
	lang: en
	title: "Orphic Hymn to Zeus Astrapios"
	pageCreated: "2026-04-21"

extends ../../../views/hymns/hymnsheet.pug

block navbar
	ul
		li.nav-arrow.nav-arrow-left: a(href="/hymns/ceraunios") #[span.dingbat ☙] #[b(lang="grc") Κεραυνιου Διος] #[i To Thundering Zeus]
		li.nav-current Κʹ · XX
		li.nav-arrow.nav-arrow-right: a(href="/hymns/nephe") #[i To the Clouds] #[b(lang="grc") Νεφων] #[span.dingbat ❧]

block ancient-pic
	img(src="/hymns/thumbnails/astrapios-ancient.jpg" alt="Ancient statue of Zeus Astrapios")

block modern-pic
	img(src="/hymns/thumbnails/astrapios-modern.jpg" alt="Modern painting of Zeus Astrapios")

block greek
	h1 Διὸς Ἀστραπίου
	div.offering Θυμίαμα λιβανομάνναν
	p.hymn-greek
		:format-hymn
			Κικλῄσκω μέγαν, ἁγνόν, ἐρισμάραγον, περίφαντον,
			ἠέριον, φλογόεντα, πυρίδρομον, ἠεροφεγγῆ,
			ἀστράπτοντα σέλας νεφέων παταγοδρόμῳ αὐδῇ,
			φρικώδη, βαρύμηνιν, ἀνίκητον θεὸν ἁγνόν,
			ἀστράπιον Δία, παγγενέτην, βασιλῆα μέγιστον,
			εὐμενέοντα φέρειν γλυκερὴν βιότοιο τελευτήν.

block english
	h1 To Zeus, as the Author of Lightning
	div.offering The fumigation from frankincense and manna
	p.hymn-english I call the mighty, holy, splendid light,#[br]aerial, dreadful-sounding, fiery-bright;#[br]flaming, aerial-light, with angry voice,#[br]lightning thro’ lucid clouds with horrid noise.#[br]Untam’d, to whom resentments dire belong,#[br]pure, holy pow’r, all-parent, great and strong:#[br]come, and benevolent these rites attend,#[br]and grant my days a peaceful, blessed end.