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They Could Not Hold Himarr. Jessica Orlando and Peter RingoHomeric Hymn to Dionysos (trans. Shelmerdine)
Copyright 2013 by Jessica Orlando & Peter RingoAll Rights Reserved
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Narrator: Of Dionysos, son of glorious Semele, I shall remember how
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he appeared along the shore of the barren seaon, a jutting headland,
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looking like a young man in the first bloom of youth. And his beautiful
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Ah, beau ti- ful- Youth, Born of Se me- le- and Zeus.
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Tyrsenian pirates, whom an evil fate was leading. And when they saw him,
they nodded to each other, leapt out quickly, and at once seized him
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and put him on board their ship, rejoicing in their hearts,for they thought he was the son of kings cherished by Zeus,
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and they wanted to tie him with painful bonds.
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See the boy, what ho, what joy! A fav orite- of Zeus, we can not- lose! He
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has to be the son of a king. We'll cap ture- him and ran som-b
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but the bonds did not hold him, and
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And he sat smiling with his dark-blue eyes.
And the helmsman understood and at oncecalled to his comrades and said:yl
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be but a slave, we'll get the gold!
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So he spoke, but the captain
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soon as you have gath ered- all the lines. The men shall hold and take care of him. I sup-
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way.- But in the end, he will tell us at some time a bout- his friends and all of his
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wealth. And he'll give us the names of his broth ers- as well, since ab
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So he spoke and hoisted the mast and sail of
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god has thrown him to us."
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But soon, wondrous deeds appeared to them. Delicious,
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and a divine fragrance rose up. And astonishment
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Instantly, at the very top of the sail a vine spread out in every direction,
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Around the mast, dark ivy was entwining itself,
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and all the oarlocks were wreathed. When they saw this, only then
did the sailors order the helmsman to put the ship in to shore.
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But now as they watched, the god
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at the bow and gave a great roar.
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but now at midship
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as he showed forth omens.
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The sailors fled to the stern in fear
and stood panic-stricken around the
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and, when they saw this, out
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Dionysus: "Have courage, you have delighted my heart.
I am loud-roaring Dionysos, whom my mother bore,
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Kadmos' daughter, Semele,
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