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The Hymn to Demeter, Line 15-18: The earth gaped

She reaches for it, and the ground opens under the Nysian plain.

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ἣhḕSheδʼd’andἄραárathenθαμβήσασʼthambḗsas’in wonderὠρέξατοōréxatoreached outχερσὶνchersìnhandsἅμʼhám’togetherἄμφωámphōwith bothκαλὸνkalònlovelyἄθυρμαáthyrmaplaythingλαβεῖνlabeînto take·

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