| Dancing-eyed Muses, tell of the sons of Zeus, | |
| the Tyndarids, slender-ankled Leda’s glorious boys: | |
| Kastor the horse tamer and blameless Polydeukes. | |
| After mingling in love with the storm-cloud son of Kronos, | |
| under the crown of Mount Taygetos, Leda bore twins, | |
| saviors of earthbound folk and swift-sailing ships. | |
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| When wintry gales rage over the relentless sea, | |
| sailors invoke the sons of mighty Zeus | |
| with prayer offerings of white lambs, | |
| as they climb to the high stern deck. | 10 |
| Strong wind and wave of the sea force the ship | |
| under water. Suddenly the gods appear, | |
| darting on whirring wings through the air. | |
| They stop the blasts of cruel winds at once | |
| and calm the waves of the white salty sea— | |
| fair signs of their toil to the sailors. | |
| They rejoice and cease their painful labor. | |
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| Hail, Tyndarids, riders of swift horses— | |
| but I will remember you and the rest of the song. | |