ἣ δὲ θεῷ δμηθεῖσα καὶ ἀνέρι πολλὸν ἀρίστῳ
Θήβῃ ἐν ἑπταπύλῳ διδυμάονε γείνατο παῖδε,
οὐ καθ᾽ ὁμὰ φρονέοντε: κασιγνήτω γε μὲν ἤστην:
τὸν μὲν χειρότερον, τὸν δ᾽ αὖ μέγ᾽ ἀμείνονα φῶτα,
δεινόν τε κρατερόν τε, βίην Ἡρακληείην:
τὸν μὲν ὑποδμηθεῖσα κελαινεφέι Κρονίωνι,
τὸν δ᾽ ἄρα Ἰφικλῆα δορυσσόῳ Ἀμφιτρύωνι,
κεκριμένην γενεήν: τὸν μὲν βροτῷ ἀνδρὶ μιγεῖσα,
τὸν δὲ Διὶ Κρονίωνι, θεῶν σημάντορι πάντων.
48-56 And she, being subject in love to a god and to a man exceeding goodly, brought forth twin sons in seven-gated Thebe. Though they were brothers, these were not of one spirit; for one was weaker but the other a far better man, one terrible and strong, the mighty Heracles. Him she bare through the embrace of the son of Cronos lord of dark clouds and the other, Iphiclus, of Amphitryon the spear-wielder--offspring distinct, this one of union with a mortal man, but that other of union with Zeus, leader of all the gods.
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Introduction
