The Homeric Hymns · 1914
Hymn XVII — To The Dioscuri
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1914)
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(ll. 1-4) Sing, clear-voiced Muse, of Castor and Polydeuces, the
Tyndaridae, who sprang from Olympian Zeus. Beneath the heights of
Taygetus stately Leda bare them, when the dark-clouded Son of Cronos
had privily bent her to his will.
(l. 5) Hail, children of Tyndareus, riders upon swift horses!
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Homer. The Homeric Hymns, Hymn XVII — To The Dioscuri. Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/homeric-hymns/16/.
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Homer. The Homeric Hymns, Hymn XVII — To The Dioscuri. Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/homeric-hymns/16/.