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Homeric Hymns
Hymn 4, Line 304 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)
When Apollo had so said, Cyllenian Hermes sprang up quickly, starting in haste. With both hands he pushed up to his ears the covering that he had wrapped about his shoulders, and said: "Where are you carrying me, Far-Worker, hastiest of all the gods? Is it because of your cattle that you are so angry and harass me? O dear, would that all the sort of oxen might perish; for it is not I who stole your cows, nor did I see another steal them -- whatever cows may be, and of that I have only heard report. Nay, give right and take it before Zeus, the Son of Cronos."
Homeric HymnsHymn 4, Line 304Hugh G. Evelyn-WhiteEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Hymn 4
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