The Homeric Hymns · 1899
XIV. To Heracles the Lion-Heart
Translated by Andrew Lang (1899)
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Of Heracles the son of Zeus will I sing, mightiest of mortals, whom Alcmena bore in Thebes of the fair dancing places, for she had lain in the arms of Cronion, the lord of the dark clouds. Of old the hero wandered endlessly over land and sea, at the bidding of Eurystheus the prince, and himself wrought many deeds of fateful might, and many he endured; but now in the fair haunts of snowy Olympus he dwells in joy, and hath white-ankled Hebe for his wife. Hail prince, son of Zeus, and give to us valour and good fortune.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Homer. The Homeric Hymns, XIV. To Heracles the Lion-Heart. Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/homeric-hymns-lang/13/.
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Homer. The Homeric Hymns, XIV. To Heracles the Lion-Heart. Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/homeric-hymns-lang/13/.