CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE: ESSAYS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1. Worship in the dusty museum of metaphysical abstractions -- 2. The corpus -- 3. Proclus' hymns in twentieth century scholarship -- 4. Aims and structure of this study -- 2. THE PHILOSOPHER'S HYMN -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The characteristics of a hymn -- 3. Hymns as spiritual motion -- 4. Philosophy as hymn-singing -- 5. Synesius' hymns -- 6. Conclusions -- 3. THE GODS OF PROCLUS' HYMNS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The divine hierarchy -- 3. The unification of the soul -- 4. Nous and the unification of the human soul -- 5. Mania and the unification of the human soul -- 6. Conclusions -- 4. THE THEORY BEHIND THEURGY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theurgy: the origins -- 3. Iamblichus and the introduction of theurgy in Neoplatonism -- 4. Proclus and the continuation of theurgy in Neoplatonism -- 5. The relation between the leader-gods and theurgy -- 6. Conclusions -- 5. THE HYMNS: THEURGY IN PRACTICE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Proclus' theory of prayer -- 3. Symbols in the hymns -- 4. The ritual context of the hymns -- 5. Conclusion: what the hymns teach us about theurgy -- 6. TYPES OF POETRY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Proclus on poetry -- 3. The second type of poetry: images versus symbols -- 4. Emotions in the hymns -- Appendix: Proclus' tripartite division of poetry and Syrianus -- PART TWO: COMMENTARY -- I. (ΕΙΣ ΗΛΙΟΝ) -- Introduction -- Text -- Translation -- Structure -- Commentary -- II. (ΕΙΣ ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΝ) -- Introduction -- Text -- Translation -- Structure -- Commentary -- III. (ΕΙΣ ΜΟΥΣΑΣ) -- Introduction -- Text -- Translation -- Structure -- Commentary -- IV. (ΥΜΝΟΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΣ ΕΙΣ ΘΕΟΥΣ) -- Introduction -- 1. H IV, a prayer to the gods of the Chaldaean Oracles? -- 2. H IV compared with the opening prayer of Theol Plat and In Parm -- 3. H IV compared with H III to the Muses.

4. Conclusions -- Text -- Translation -- Structure -- Commentary -- V. (ΕΙΣ ΛΥΚΙΗΝ ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΝ) -- Text -- Translation -- Structure -- Commentary -- VI. (ΥΜΝΟΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΣ ΘΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΑΤΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΑΝΟΥ) -- Introduction -- 1. How many gods? -- 2. Rhea, Hecate, and Zeus -- Text -- Translation -- Structure -- Commentary -- VII. (ΕΙΣ ΑΘΗΝΑΝ ΠΟΛΥΜΗΤΙΝ) -- Introduction -- Text -- Translation -- Structure -- Date of composition -- Commentary -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Editions cited of the principal texts -- Other works cited -- INDICES -- Index locorum -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- V -- Z -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.