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. one who bears great power and is greatly prosperous always.
  2. Open of yourselves, you doors, for mighty Wealth will enter in,
  3. and with Wealth comes jolly Mirth
  4. and gentle Peace. May all the corn-bins be full
  5. and the mass of dough always overflow the kneading-trough.
  6. Now (set before us) cheerful barley-pottage, full of sesame