Verse
Homeric Hymns
Hymn 3, Line 452 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)
"Strangers, who are you? Whence come you sailing along the paths of the sea? Are you for traffic, or do you wander at random over the sea as pirates do who put their own lives to hazard and bring mischief to men of foreign parts as they roam? Why rest you so and are afraid, and do not go ashore nor stow the gear of your black ship? For that is the custom of men who live by bread, whenever they come to land in their dark ships from the main, spent with toil; at once desire for sweet food catches them about the heart."
Homeric HymnsHymn 3, Line 452Hugh G. Evelyn-WhiteEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Hymn 3
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