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Homeric Hymns

Hymn 3, Line 300 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)

But near by was a sweet flowing spring, and there with his strong bow the lord, the son of Zeus, killed the bloated, great she-dragon, a fierce monster wont to do great mischief to men upon earth, to men themselves and to their thin- shanked sheep; for she was a very bloody plague. She it was who once received from gold-throned Hera and brought up fell, cruel Typhaon to be a plague to men. Once on a time Hera bare him because she was angry with father Zeus, when the Son of Cronos bare all-glorious Athena in his head. Thereupon queenly Hera was angry and spoke thus among the assembled gods:

Homeric HymnsHymn 3, Line 300Hugh G. Evelyn-WhiteEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Hymn 3

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Reflect on this line

Archival source: https://archive.org/details/hesiodhomerichym00hesi_0. Extracted from Theoi HTML for hymn 3.