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The Hymn to Demeter, Line 19-21: She cried out to her father

Hades carries her off in his golden chariot. She screams for Zeus.

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ἁρπάξαςharpáxasSeizing herδʼd’andἀέκουσανaékousanunwillingἐπὶepìonχρυσέοισινchryséoisingoldenὄχοισινóchoisinchariotἦγʼêg’he carried her offὀλοφυρομένηνolophyroménēnweeping·ἰάχησεiáchēseshe screamedδʼd’andἄρʼár’thenὄρθιαórthiashrillyφωνῇphōnêivoice,

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