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The Homeric Hymns

The Homeric Hymns 25

XXV. To the Muses and Apollo

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XXV. To the Muses and Apollo

I will begin with the Muses and Apollo and Zeus. For it is through the Muses and Apollo that there are singers upon the earth and players upon the lyre; but kings are from Zeus. Happy is he whom the Muses love: sweet flows speech from his lips.

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Hail, children of Zeus! Give honour to my song! And now I will remember you and another song also.

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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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