---
title: Hymn 17 To the Dioscuri
title_greek: Ὕμνος εἰς τοὺς Διοσκούρους
author: Hymnic Collection  Anonymous
eul_wid: upu-ad
eul_aid: upu
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hymnic-anon-dioscuri-upu-ad"
period: Classical
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Hymn 17 To the Dioscuri

*Ὕμνος εἰς τοὺς Διοσκούρους*

**Author:** Hymnic Collection  Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `upu-ad` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hymnic-anon-dioscuri-upu-ad)

## Text

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Κάστορα καὶ Πολυδεύκε’ ἀείσεο Μοῦσα λίγεια, Τυνδαρίδας οἳ Ζηνὸς Ὀλυμπίου ἐξεγένοντο· τοὺς ὑπὸ Ταϋγέτου κορυφῇς τέκε πότνια Λήδη λάθρῃ ὑποδμηθεῖσα κελαινεφέϊ Κρονίωνι. Χαίρετε Τυνδαρίδαι, ταχέων ἐπιβήτορες ἵππων.

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