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trans. A. Athanassakis


 

 


 
 
 

 

 

Birth of Circe and Medea
 

 

Perseis, Ocean's famous daughter, bore to Helios,
who never wearies, both Kirke and King Aietes.
Then Aietes, son of Helios who shines his light on mortals
through divine decree, married Idyia of the blooming cheeks,
daughter of Okeanos, the river whose stream rings the earth;
under the spell of golden Aphrodite, she yielded
to her husband's desire and bore fair-ankled Medeia.