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. Now (set before us) cheerful barley-pottage, full of sesame
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  2. Your son’s wife, driving to this house with strong-hoofed mules,
  3. shall dismount from her carriage to greet you; [*](Lines 8 and 9 do not correspond well with the Greek.)
  4. may she be shod with golden shoes as she stands weaving at the loom.
  5. I come, and I come yearly, like the swallow
  6. that perches light-footed in the fore-part of your house. But quickly bring
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  1. If you will give us anything (well). But if not, we will not wait,