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| | Metamorphoses (Kline) 11, the Ovid Collection, Univ. of Virginia E-Text Center |
 | | At that time he was sad and unlike his normal self, mourning the loss of his brother, Daedalion. |
 | | Peleus and his companions asked what the cause was of so much grief, to which he replied: ‘Perhaps you think that bird, the hawk, that lives on prey, and terrifies other winged creatures, always had feathers. |
 | | Daedalion hurled himself from the high cliffs, Apollo, pitying him, turned him into a bird, and lifted him, pendent on suddenly-formed wings, giving him a hooked beak, and curved talons, his former courage, and greater strength of body. |
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