Note 2524 — THE HOMERIC HYMNS (continued 2)
Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard) Evelyn-White translation
(return) [ Cronos swallowed each of his children the moment that they were born, but ultimately was forced to disgorge them. Hestia, being the first to be swallowed, was the last to be disgorged, and so was at once the first and latest born of the children of Cronos. Cp. Hesiod Theogony, ll. 495-7.]