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The Homeric Hymns 16

XVI. To Asclepius

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English · Hugh G. Evelyn-White

XVI. To Asclepius

I begin to sing of Asclepius, son of Apollo and healer of sicknesses. In the Dotian plain fair Coronis, daughter of King Phlegyas, bare him, a great joy to men, a soother of cruel pangs.

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And so hail to you, lord: in my song I make my prayer to thee!

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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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