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Homeric Hymns
Hymn 2, Line 459 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)
Then bright-coiffed Rhea said to Demeter: "Come, my daughter; for far-seeing Zeus the loud-thunderer calls you to join the families of the gods, and has promised to give you what rights you please among the deathless gods, and has agreed that for a third part of the circling year your daughter shall go down to darkness and gloom, but for the two parts shall be with you and the other deathless gods: so has he declared it shall be and has bowed his head in token. But come, my child, obey, and be not too angry unrelentingly with the dark-clouded Son of Cronos; but rather increase forthwith for men the fruit that gives them life."
Homeric HymnsHymn 2, Line 459Hugh G. Evelyn-WhiteEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Hymn 2
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