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That holy land by Peneus fed,
nestling in all its beauty at
Olympus
’ foot, is said, so have I heard, to be a very granary of wealth and teeming fruitfulness; next to the sacred soil of Theseus, I could wish to reach that land.
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They tell me too Hephaestus’ home, beneath the shadow of
Aetna
, fronting
Phoenicia
, the mother of Sicilian hills, is famous for the crowns it gives to valor. Or may I find a home on that shore which lies very near
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Ionia
’s sea, a land watered by Crathis, lovely stream, that dyes the hair an auburn tint, feeding with its holy waves and making glad the home of heroes.
225
That holy land by Peneus fed,
nestling in all its beauty at
Olympus
’ foot, is said, so have I heard, to be a very granary of wealth and teeming fruitfulness; next to the sacred soil of Theseus, I could wish to reach that land.
215
They tell me too Hephaestus’ home, beneath the shadow of
Aetna
, fronting
Phoenicia
, the mother of Sicilian hills, is famous for the crowns it gives to valor. Or may I find a home on that shore which lies very near
220
Ionia
’s sea, a land watered by Crathis, lovely stream, that dyes the hair an auburn tint, feeding with its holy waves and making glad the home of heroes.
225
The Trojan Women. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.
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