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To Hestia (2)

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Author / Collector:

Andrew Lang

Book:

The Homeric Hymns

Publisher:

George Allen & Company, Ltd, London

Year:

1899

Country:

Greece

License:

Public Domain (copyright expired)

Editor's Notes:

n/a

To Hestia: hearth, sanctity, stillness, home, ritual, fire, devotion, peace, household, permanence

Subject:

To Hestia (2)

Hestia, that guardest the sacred house of the Prince, Apollo the Far-darter, in goodly Pytho, ever doth the oil drop dank from thy locks. Come thou to this house with a gracious heart, come with counselling Zeus, and lend grace to my song.

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