| Begin to sing, O Muse Kalliope, daughter of Zeus, | |
| about shining Helios, whom cow-eyed Euryphaessa | |
| bore to the son of Gaia and starry Ouranos. | |
| When Hyperion married glorious Euryphaessa, | |
| his sister, she gave birth to beautiful children: | |
| Eos with rosy arms, Selene with fine braids, | |
| and untiring Helios, resembling the immortals, | |
| who shines on humans and gods, riding his horses. | |
| From his golden helmet, he sees with blazing eyes, | |
| brilliant light streams from him | 10 |
| and by his temples the glowing cheek-guards | |
| gracefully frame the soaring radiance of his face. | |
| The finely woven, luminous clothes on his skin | |
| shimmer in the rush of winds. Stallions . . . | |
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| The wondrous god stays his gold-yoked chariot and horses | |
| until he sends them through heaven toward Ocean. | |
| Hail, Lord, gladly grant me a welcome livelihood— | |
| I began with you and will glorify the race of fluent men, | |
| demigods whose deeds the gods revealed to mortals. | 20 |