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Homeric Hymn 4: [Hermes] whom Maia bare, the rich-tressed Nymphe, when she was joined in love with Zeus,--a shy Goddess, for she avoided the company of the blessed Gods, and lived within a deep, shady cave. There Kronion [Zeus] used to lie with the rich-tressed Nymphe, unseen by deathless Gods and mortal men, at dead of night while sweet sleep should hold white-armed Hera fast. And when the purpose of great Zeus was fixed in heaven, she was delivered and a notable thing was come to pass. For then she bare a son, of many shifts, blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver, a bringer of dreams, a watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth wonderful deeds among the deathless Gods. Born with the dawning...