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XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI (5 lines) (ll. 1-4) Sing, clear-voiced Muse, of Castor and Polydeuces, the Tyndaridae, who sprang from Olympian Zeus. Beneath the heights fo Taygetus stately Leda bare them, when the dark-clouded Son of Cronos had privily bent her to his will. (l. 5) Hail, children of Tyndareus, riders upon swift horses!
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The Homeric Hymns: 17- To Dioscuri
XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI (5 lines) (ll. 1-4) Sing, clear-voiced Muse, of Castor and Polydeuces, the Tyndaridae, who sprang from Olympian Zeus. Beneath the heights fo Taygetus stately Leda bare them, when the dark-clouded Son of Cronos had privily bent her to his will. (l. 5) Hail, children of Tyndareus, riders upon swift horses!
Homer
1200 - 500 BC/Male/Greek