From Thessaly
Greek English
1 ΔΙΨΑΙΑΥΟΣΕΓΩΚΑΠΟΛΛΥΜΑΙ I am parched and I perish with thirst!
2 ΑΛΛΑΠΙΕΜΟΥΚΡΑΝΑΣΑΙΕΙΡΟΩ But drink of me, the Ever-Flowing Spring
3 ΕΠΙΔΕΞΙΑΛΕΥΚΗΚΥΠΑΡΙΣΣΟΣ On the right, a white cypress
4 ΤΙΣΔΕΣΙΠΩΔΕΣΙΓΑΣΥΙΟΣΕΙΜΙ Who are you? From whence are you? I am the son of Earth
5 ΚΑΙΟΥΡΑΝΟΥΑΣΤΕΡΟΕΝΤΟΣ and starry Heaven,
6 ΑΥΤΑΡΕΜΟΙΓΕΝΟΣΟΥΡΑΝΙΟΝ But my race is of Heaven
How to cite
The gold tablet from Thessaly. Greek: the letters as incised. English: translated by the Orphic Church, MMXXVI. https://orphic.church/library/gold-tablets/thessaly/ Cite by line, as From Thessaly 2. The tablet is held at the Getty Villa, Malibu, 75.AM.19.
CompactFrom Thessaly 2, trans. the Orphic Church (2026), https://orphic.church/library/gold-tablets/thessaly/
A lineFrom Thessaly 2
The Orphic Church's translation, and what it made here, is given under the Orphic License, version 1.0. orphic.church/license