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Homeric Hymns
Hymn 3, Line 229 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)
And further still you went, O far-shooting Apollo, and came to Onchestus, Poseidon's bright grove: there the new-broken cold distressed with drawing the trim chariot gets spirit again, and the skilled driver springs from his car and goes on his way. Then the horses for a while rattle the empty car, being rid of guidance; and if they break the chariot in the woody grove, men look after the horses, but tilt the chariot and leave it there; for this was the rite from the very first. And the drivers pray to the lord of the shrine; but the chariot falls to the lot of the god.
Homeric HymnsHymn 3, Line 229Hugh G. Evelyn-WhiteEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Hymn 3
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