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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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Apollon and Artemis 463<br />

The copper sky he cannot scale ;<br />

But all the joys we mortals hail<br />

These hath he voyaged through to the utmost bound.<br />

By ship nor foot shall e'er be found<br />

The wondrous way to the Hyperborean throng.<br />

Yet pr<strong>in</strong>cely Perseus on a bygone day<br />

Entered their homes and supped with them, men say,<br />

Light<strong>in</strong>g their merry company among,<br />

What time they offered <strong>in</strong> that bright abode<br />

Whole hecatombs of asses ^ to the god.<br />

Ay, for Apollon loves always<br />

The feast<strong>in</strong>g and the feasters' praise ;<br />

And sure he laughs to see the sight<br />

Of brute beasts ramp<strong>in</strong>g bolt upright.<br />

' Cp. Clem. Al. protr. i. 29. 4 p. 21, 26 ff. Stahl<strong>in</strong> ^Kvdai. 8^ tov% ovovs Upevovres jxt)<br />

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