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Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica. 1922.

The Homeric Hymns

XVII. To the Dioscuri

SING, clear-voiced Muse, of Castor and Polydeuces, the Tyndaridae, who sprang from Olympian Zeus. Beneath the heights of Taÿgetus stately Leda bare them, when the dark-clouded Son of Cronos had privily bent her to his will.

Hail, children of Tyndareus, riders upon swift horses!