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THE ILIAD: HYPNOS ON IDA, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They then to fountain-abundant ida, mother of wild beasts
Last Line: Chalkis is named by the gods, but of mortals known as kymindis.
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Trojan War


THEY then to fountain-abundant Ida, mother of wild beasts,
Came, and they first left ocean to fare over mainland at Lektos,
Where underneath of their feet waved loftiest growths of the woodland.
There hung Hypnos fast, ere the vision of Zeus was observant,
Mounted upon a tall pine-tree, tallest of pines that on Ida
Lustily spring off soil for the shoot up aloft into aether.
There did he sit well-cloaked by the wide-branched pine for concealment,
That loud bird, in his form like, that perched high up in the mountains,
Chalkis is named by the Gods, but of mortals known as Kymindis.





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