Σε, πατερ κοσμων, πατερ αιωνων, αυτουργε θεων, ευαγες αινειν. σε μεν οι νοεροι μελπουσιν, αναξ, σε δε κοσμαγοι, ομματολαμπεις, νοες αστεριοι, υμνουσι μακαρ, ους περι κλεινον σωμα χορευει. πασα σε μελπει γενεα μακαρων. οι περι κοσμον, οι κατα κοσμον, οι ζωναιοι, οι τ’ αζωνοι κοσμου μοιρας εφεπουσι, σοφοι αμφιβατηρες, οι παρα κλεινους οιηκοφορους. ους αγγελικα προχεει σειρα το, τε χυδηεν γενορ ηρωων, εργα τα θνητων χρυφιαισιν οδοις διανισσομενον, εργα βροτεια. ψυχα τ’ ακλινης, και κλινομενα ες μελαναυγεις χθονιους ογκους. viz. “Thee, father of the worlds, father of the æones,[8] artificer of the _Gods_, it is holy to praise. Thee, O king, the intellectual Gods sing, thee, O blessed God, the _Cosmagi_, those fulgid eyes, and starry intellects, celebrate, round which the illustrious body [of the world] dances. All the race of the blessed sing thy praise, those that are about, and those that are in the world, the zonic Gods, and also the azonic,[9] who govern the parts of the world, wise itinerants, stationed about the illustrious pilots [of the universe,] and which the angelic series pours forth. Thee too, the renowned genus of heroes celebrates, which by occult paths pervades the works of mortals, and likewise the soul which does not incline to the regions of mortality, and the soul which descends into dark terrestrial masses.” In another part also of the same hymn, he informs us that he adored the powers that preside over Thrace and Chalcedon. Ικετευσα Θεους, δρηστηρας οσοι γονιμον θρῃκης κατεχουσι πεδον, οι τ’ αντιπεραν χαλκηδονιας εφεπουσι γυιας. i.e. “I have supplicated the ministrant Gods that possess the Thracian soil, and also those that, in an opposite direction, govern the Chalcedonian land.” And in the last place he says (in Hymn I.) Νοος αφθιτος, τοκηων Θεοκοιρανων απορρωξ, ολιγα μεν, αλλ’ εκεινων ολος ουτος, εις τε παντη ολος εις ολον δεδυκως, κυτος ουρανων ελισσει· το δ’ ολον τουτο φυλασσων, νενεμημεναισι μορφαι, μεμερισμένος παρεστη· ο μεν, αστερων διφρειαις, ο δ’ ες ἀγγελῶν χορειας, ο δε και ρεποντι δεσμῳ, χθονιαν ευρετο μορφαν. The substance of which is, “that incorruptible intellect which is wholly an emanation of divinity, is totally diffused through the whole world, convolves the heavens, and preserves the universe with which it is present distributed in various forms. That one part of this intellect is distributed among the stars, and becomes, as it were, their charioteer; but another part among the angelic choirs; and another part is bound in a terrestrial form.”