This is one of the Homeric hymns, addressed to the Dioskouroi, literally 'the sons of Zeus.' I'm posting it here because the sons in question are Kastor and Polydeukes (Latin: Castor and Pollux), the twins that make up my astrological sign, Gemini. Enjoy.
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Quick-glancing Muses, sing the sons of Zeus,
the Tyndaridai, glorious children of fair-ankled Leda,
Kastor, the tamer of horses, and blameless Polydeukes.
Beneath the peak of great Mt. Taygetos
she mingled in love with the dark-clouded son of Kronos
and bore these children, saviors of men upon the earth,
and of swift ships, when wintry storm blasts
rage over the pitiless sea. And the men on the ships
call on the sons of great Zeus offering prayers
with white lambs, as they mount the topmost points
of the stern. The great wind and waves of the sea
force the ship under water, but suddenly they appear,
darting through the air on steady-beating wings,
and at once they check the blasts of harsh winds,
and smooth the waves on the white-capped sea.
For sailors they are fair signs of their toil, and seeing them
they rejoice and stop their painful toil.
Fairwell, Tyndaridai, riders of swift horses.
And I will remember you and another song.
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