The Odyssey of Homer, with the Hymns, Epigrams, and Battle of the Frogs and Mice/Hymns/Hymn 13

by Homer

XIII. TO LION-HEARTED HERCULES.

I will sing Hercules the son of Jove, whom Alcmene bore, the most valiant of earthly beings, in Thebes of beauteous quires, having been embraced by dark-clouded Jove. Who in days of yore, wandering o'er boundless earth and sea, at the behest of king Eurystheus, himself both did and suffered many grievous deeds.^[1] But now he dwells delighted on the fair seat of snowy Olympus, and possesses fair-ancled Hebe. Hail! O king, son of Jove, and give valour and prosperity.

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1. Here there is another similar interpolation to the one in Hymn viii. See Hermann.