To The Dioscuri

Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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(ll. 1-4) Sing, clear-voiced Muse, of Castor and Polydeuces, the Tyndaridae, who sprang from Olympian Zeus. Beneath the heights of Taygetus stately Leda bare them, when the dark-clouded Son of Cronos had privily bent her to his will. (l. 5) Hail, children of Tyndareus, riders upon swift horses!

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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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