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Homeric Hymns
Hymn 5, Line 168 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)
But at the time when the herdsmen driver their oxen and hardy sheep back to the fold from the flowery pastures, even then Aphrodite poured soft sleep upon Anchises, but herself put on her rich raiment. And when the bright goddess had fully clothed herself, she stood by the couch, and her head reached to the well-hewn roof-tree; from her cheeks shone unearthly beauty such as belongs to rich-crowned Cytherea. Then she aroused him from sleep and opened her mouth and said: "Up, son of Dardanus! -- why sleep you so heavily? -- and consider whether I look as I did when first you saw me with your eyes."
Homeric HymnsHymn 5, Line 168Hugh G. Evelyn-WhiteEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Hymn 5
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