Goddess Nike: The Orphic Hymn to Victory

This Orphic Hymn to Victory is a powerful religious invocation to the Goddess Nike. Written and performed as a central part of the liturgy of the Orphic cult, it was most famously adopted by the syncretic Alexander the Great, who led his army into battle under its inspiration. Presented here with a stirring instrumental, you are invited to invoke the Goddess for your cause by raising your voice in her honor. The Ophic Hymn to Victory: ’To Nike, Fumigation from Manna. O’ powerful Nike, by men desi