O keeper of the Heliconian hill

Kin of Urania,

You who carry off a delicate

Virgin to a husband

O Hymenaee Hymen,

O Hymen Hymenaee!

Mercury, eloquent grandson of Atlas,

Who skillfully shaped the savage customs of the

Early days of man with voice and with the graceful

Custom of the wrestling ring…

Vesta, favor me: now I’ll open the mouth devoted to you,

If it’s permitted for us to come to your sacred temple…

Hestia, you who have attained by lot an eternal seat, / The highest honor, in the lofty halls of everyone…

Hestia, you who tend the sacred house / Of Lord Apollo at holy Pytho…