![]() Born with the dawning, at mid-day he played on the lyre, and in the evening he stole the cattle of far-shooting Apollo on the fourth day of the month for on that day queenly Maia bare him. For then she bare a son, of many shifts, blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver, a bringer of dreams,Ī watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth wonderful deeds among the deathless gods. ![]() There the son of Cronos used to lie with the rich-tressed nymph, unseen by deathless gods and mortal men, at dead of night while sweet sleep should hold white-armed Hera fast.Īnd when the purpose of great Zeus was fulfilled, and the tenth moon with her was fixed in heaven, she was delivered and a notable thing was come to pass. ![]() a shy goddess, for she avoided the company of the blessed gods, and lived within a deep, shady cave. Muse, sing of Hermes, the son of Zeus and Maia, lord of Cyllene and Arcadia rich in flocks, the luck-bringing messenger of the immortals whom Maia bare, the rich-tressed nymph, when she was joined in love with Zeus, ![]()
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