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.
- Goddess-nurse of the young,[*](Hecate: cp. Hesiod, Theogony, 450.) give ear to my prayer, and grant that this woman
- may reject the love-embrace of youth
- and dote on grey-haired old men
- whose powers are dulled, but whose hearts still desire.