Verse
Homeric Hymns
Hymn 3, Line 115 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)
And as soon as Eilithyia the goddess of sore travail set foot on Delos, the pains of birth seized Leto, and she longed to bring forth; so she cast her arms about a palm tree and kneeled on the soft meadow while the earth laughed for joy beneath. Then the child leaped forth to the light, and all the goddesses washed you purely and cleanly with sweet water, and swathed you in a white garment of fine texture, new-woven, and fastened a golden band about you.
Homeric HymnsHymn 3, Line 115Hugh G. Evelyn-WhiteEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Hymn 3
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