ΗΣΙΟΔΟΣ

Hesiod: Theogony & Works and Days 4 · 4

And the altar of the mighty son of Kronos

Read the full text in our reader

ὀρχεῦνται καὶ βωμὸν ἐρισθενέος Κρονίωνος.

Word by word

ὀρχεῦνταιorkheûntaithey danceκαὶkaíandβωμὸνbōmónthe altarἐρισθενέοςeristhenéosof the mightyΚρονίωνοςKroníōnosof the son of Kronos.

The setting

The dance circles the altar of Zeus — named here by his patronymic, "Kronos’ mighty son."

Open Hesiod: Theogony & Works and Days 4 in the full reader

Always open passages in the reader

From the Great Library

You are reading a page of the Hesiod: Theogony & Works and Days — the whole book is free in our interlinear reader.

The Great Library Project presses the classics in their original languages, glossed word by word — free to read, always. Browse the whole library.

Also on our shelves:

Hesiod: Theogony & Works and Days 4 — The Great Library Project interlinear edition · greatlibraryproject.com/book/hesiod-theogony-works-and-days/4/