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Homeric Hymns

Hymn 2, Line 1 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)

I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess -- of her and her trim-ankled daughter whom Aidoneus rapt away, given to him by all-seeing Zeus the loud-thunderer.

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