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Hymn 14 to the Mother of the Gods

Anonymous

translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1914)

print edition: Internet Archive

1I Prithee, clear-voiced Muse, daughter of mighty Zeus, sing of the mother of all gods and men. She is well-pleased with the sound of rattles and of timbrels, with the voice of flutes and the outcry of wolves and bright-eyed lions,

5with echoing hills and wooded coombes. And so hail to you in my song and to all goddesses as well!