To The Muses And Apollo

Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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(ll. 1-5) I will begin with the Muses and Apollo and Zeus. For it is through the Muses and Apollo that there are singers upon the earth and players upon the lyre; but kings are from Zeus. Happy is he whom the Muses love: sweet flows speech from his lips. (ll. 6-7) Hail, children of Zeus! Give honour to my song! And now I will remember you and another song also.

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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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