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The Hymn to Demeter, Line 12-14: A hundred blooms, and the sky laughed

The wonder is described: a hundred heads from one root, a scent so sweet that heaven, earth and sea laughed.

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τοῦtoûitsκαὶkaìevenἀπὸapòfromῥίζηςrhízēsrootἑκατὸνhekatòna hundredκάραkáraheadsἐξεπεφύκειexepephýkeihad grown out·κὦζʼkôz’and smelledἥδιστʼhḗdist’sweetestὀδμήodmḗits fragrance,

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