On snowy Olympos with fair-ankled Hebe as his spouse. In the past he wandered endlessly over the boundless earth and seaĪnd he committed many reckless deeds and himself endured many.īut now he joyously dwells in his beautiful abode

Of the union of Alkmene with Zeus, Lord of the Dark Clouds. I shall sing of Zeus’ son, Herakles, noblest of mortals,