Orphic Hymn: Phanes Protogonos

This poem owes a great deal to the first sections of the translation of the Orphic Hymns published by Thomas Taylor in London in 1792 which is available on the Net. The pictures are mostly from Wikimedia and the inspired section of film is of course by Leni Riefenstahl. The music is by Carl Nielsen and Richard Wagner. I should like to dedicate this video to my friend Allan whose videos on You Tube under his pseudonym of erosgodofgays have been an inspiration, especially those referring to Phanes, and I