Homeric Hymn 16

To Asclepius

Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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(ll. 1-4) I begin to sing of Asclepius, son of Apollo and healer of sicknesses. In the Dotian plain fair Coronis, daughter of King Phlegyas, bare him, a great joy to men, a soother of cruel pangs. (l. 5) And so hail to you, lord: in my song I make my prayer to thee!

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Hesiod, and Homer. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica. Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Project Gutenberg, 5 July 2008, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/348/348-h/348-h.htm. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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