To Asclepius - Homeric Hymn to Asclepius
This translation, by Evelyn-White, is in the public domain.
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XVI. To Asclepius
(5 lines)(ll. 1-4) I begin to sing of Asclepius, son of Apollo and healer of sicknesses. In the Dotian plain fair Coronis, daughter of King Phlegyas, bare him, a great joy to men, a soother of cruel pangs. (l. 5) And so hail to you, lord: in my song I make my prayer to thee!
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