GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-eng2:40-45 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-eng2:40-45

And now I invoke, as our champion from beyond the sea, the calf born of Zeus, the offspring of the flower-grazing cow, our ancestress,the caress of Zeus’ breath. The appointed period confirmed itself in a name suited to the event—EpaphusEpaphus signifies touch, caress. See l. 315., to whom she gave birth.