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The Homeric Hymns

The Homeric Hymns 13

XIII. To Demeter

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English · Hugh G. Evelyn-White

XIII. To Demeter

I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess, of her and of her daughter lovely Persephone.

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Hail, goddess! Keep this city safe, and govern my song.

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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica, translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Loeb Classical Library (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1914; text of the 1920 printing). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread by English Wikisource volunteers; line numbers from Project Gutenberg eBook #348. · Source ↗

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