Hymn 17 To the Dioscuri
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Original / primary: Perseus Eng2
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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.
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Hail, children of Tyndareus, riders upon swift horses!