Homer’s Epigrams

Homer

Homer. Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard), editor. London: William Heinmann; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1914.

  1. for this is well. The dog first hears
  2. a man approaching and the wild-beast coming to the fence.
  1. Goddess-nurse of the young,[*](Hecate: cp. Hesiod, Theogony, 450.) give ear to my prayer, and grant that this woman
  2. may reject the love-embrace of youth
  3. and dote on grey-haired old men
  4. whose powers are dulled, but whose hearts still desire.