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 XXI. TO APOLLO (5 lines) (ll. 1-4) Phoebus, of you even the swan sings with clear voice to the beating of his wings, as he alights upon the bank by the eddying river Peneus; and of you the sweet-tongued minstrel, holding his high-pitched lyre, always sings both first and last. (l. 5) And so hail to you, lord!  I seek your favour with my song. XXII. TO POSEIDON (7 lines) (ll. 1-5) I begin to sing about Poseidon, the great god, mover of the earth and fruitless sea, god of the deep who is also lord of Helicon and wide Aegae.  A two-fold office the gods allotted you, O Shaker of the Earth, to be a tamer of horses and a saviour of ships! (ll. 6-7) Hail, Poseidon, Holder of the Earth, dark-haired lord!  O blessed one, be kindly in heart and help those who voyage in ships! XXIII. TO THE SON OF CRONOS, MOST HIGH (4 lines) (ll. 1-3) I will sing of Zeus, chiefest among the gods and greatest, all-seeing, the lord of all, the fulfiller who whispers words of wisdom to Themis as ...

 I. TO DIONYSUS (21 lines) (1) LACUNA (ll. 1-9) For some say, at Dracanum; and some, on windy Icarus; and some, in Naxos, O Heaven-born, Insewn (2); and others by the deep-eddying river Alpheus that pregnant Semele bare you to Zeus the thunder-lover.  And others yet, lord, say you were born in Thebes; but all these lie.  The Father of men and gods gave you birth remote from men and secretly from white-armed Hera.  There is a certain Nysa, a mountain most high and richly grown with woods, far off in Phoenice, near the streams of Aegyptus. ((LACUNA)) (ll. 10-12) `...and men will lay up for her (3) many offerings in her shrines.  And as these things are three (4), so shall mortals ever sacrifice perfect hecatombs to you at your feasts each three years.' (ll. 13-16) The Son of Cronos spoke and nodded with his dark brows.  And the divine locks of the king flowed forward from his immortal head, and he made great Olympus reel.  So spake wise Zeus and ordained...