Theogony, Hesiod The Homeric hymns. And Homerica (1-20)

urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng2:1-20

Refs	`{'start': {'reference': '1', 'human_reference': 'Card 1'}, 'end': {'reference': '20', 'human_reference': 'Card 20'}}`
Ancestors	`[]`
Children	`[]`

plain text • XML

From the Heliconian Muses let us begin to sing, who hold the great and holy mount of Helicon, and dance on soft feet about the deep-blue spring and the altar of the almighty son of Cronos,

and, when they have washed their tender bodies in Permessus or in the Horse's Spring or Olmeius, make their fair, lovely dances upon highest Helicon and move with vigorous feet. Thence they arise and go abroad by night,

veiled in thick mist, and utter their song with lovely voice, praising Zeus the aegis-holder, and queenly Hera of Argos who walks on golden sandals, and the daughter of Zeus the aegis-holder bright-eyed Athena, and Phoebus Apollo, and Artemis who delights in arrows,

and Poseidon the earth holder who shakes the earth, and revered Themis, and quick-glancing[*]Aphrodite, and Hebe with the crown of gold, and fair Dione, Leto, Iapetus, and Cronos the crafty counsellor, Eos, and great Helius, and bright Selene,

Earth, too, and great Oceanus, and dark Night, and the holy race of all the other deathless ones that are for ever. And one day they taught Hesiod glorious song while he was shepherding his lambs under holy Helicon, and this word first the goddesses said to me—

From	1	w	4
the	1	w	7
Heliconian	1	w	17
Muses	1	w	22
let	1	w	25
us	2	w	27
begin	1	w	32
to	1	w	34
sing	1	w	38
who	1	w	42
hold	1	w	46
the	2	w	49
great	1	w	54
and	1	w	57
holy	1	w	61
mount	1	w	66
of	1	w	68
Helicon	2	w	75
and	2	w	79
dance	1	w	84
on	3	w	86
soft	1	w	90
feet	1	w	94
about	1	w	99
the	3	w	102
deep-blue	1	w	111
spring	1	w	117
and	3	w	120
the	4	w	123
altar	1	w	128
of	3	w	130
the	5	w	133
almighty	1	w	141
son	1	w	144
of	4	w	146
Cronos	1	w	152
and	4	w	156
when	1	w	161
they	1	w	165
have	1	w	169
washed	1	w	175
their	1	w	180
tender	1	w	186
bodies	1	w	192
in	4	w	194
Permessus	1	w	203
or	1	w	205
in	5	w	207
the	8	w	210
Horse	1	w	215
s	15	w	217
Spring	1	w	223
or	3	w	225
Olmeius	1	w	232
make	1	w	237
their	2	w	242
fair	1	w	246
lovely	1	w	253
dances	1	w	259
upon	1	w	263
highest	1	w	270
Helicon	3	w	277
and	5	w	280
move	1	w	284
with	1	w	288
vigorous	1	w	296
feet	2	w	300
Thence	1	w	307
they	2	w	311
arise	1	w	316
and	6	w	319
go	2	w	321
abroad	1	w	327
by	1	w	329
night	1	w	334
veiled	1	w	341
in	7	w	343
thick	1	w	348
mist	1	w	352
and	7	w	356
utter	1	w	361
their	3	w	366
song	1	w	370
with	2	w	374
lovely	2	w	380
voice	1	w	385
praising	1	w	394
Zeus	1	w	398
the	12	w	401
aegis-holder	1	w	413
and	8	w	417
queenly	1	w	424
Hera	1	w	428
of	5	w	430
Argos	1	w	435
who	2	w	438
walks	1	w	443
on	9	w	445
golden	1	w	451
sandals	1	w	458
and	10	w	462
the	13	w	465
daughter	1	w	473
of	6	w	475
Zeus	2	w	479
the	14	w	482
aegis-holder	2	w	494
bright-eyed	1	w	505
Athena	1	w	511
and	11	w	515
Phoebus	1	w	522
Apollo	1	w	528
and	12	w	532
Artemis	1	w	539
who	3	w	542
delights	1	w	550
in	9	w	552
arrows	1	w	558
and	13	w	562
Poseidon	1	w	570
the	16	w	573
earth	1	w	578
holder	3	w	584
who	4	w	587
shakes	1	w	593
the	17	w	596
earth	2	w	601
and	14	w	605
revered	1	w	612
Themis	1	w	618
and	15	w	622
quick-glancing	1	w	636
The	3	w	639
epithet	1	w	646
probably	1	w	654
indicates	1	w	663
coquettishness	1	w	677
Aphrodite	1	w	687
and	16	w	691
Hebe	1	w	695
with	3	w	699
the	19	w	702
crown	1	w	707
of	7	w	709
gold	2	w	713
and	17	w	717
fair	2	w	721
Dione	1	w	726
Leto	1	w	731
Iapetus	1	w	739
and	18	w	743
Cronos	2	w	749
the	20	w	752
crafty	1	w	758
counsellor	1	w	768
Eos	1	w	772
and	19	w	776
great	2	w	781
Helius	1	w	787
and	20	w	791
bright	2	w	797
Selene	1	w	803
Earth	1	w	809
too	1	w	813
and	21	w	817
great	3	w	822
Oceanus	1	w	829
and	22	w	833
dark	1	w	837
Night	1	w	842
and	23	w	846
the	21	w	849
holy	2	w	853
race	1	w	857
of	8	w	859
all	1	w	862
the	22	w	865
other	1	w	870
deathless	1	w	879
ones	1	w	883
that	1	w	887
are	1	w	890
for	1	w	893
ever	2	w	897
And	1	w	901
one	3	w	904
day	1	w	907
they	3	w	911
taught	1	w	917
Hesiod	1	w	923
glorious	1	w	931
song	2	w	935
while	1	w	940
he	31	w	942
was	2	w	945
shepherding	1	w	956
his	1	w	959
lambs	1	w	964
under	1	w	969
holy	3	w	973
Helicon	4	w	980
and	24	w	984
this	1	w	988
word	1	w	992
first	1	w	997
the	25	w	1000
goddesses	1	w	1009
said	1	w	1013
to	4	w	1015
me	3	w	1017