Hymn 4 to Hermes

Homeric Hymns

Hymni Homerici, creator; Hesiod, creator; Homer, creator; Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard), d. 1924, editor; Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard), d. 1924, translator

  1. νήπιον, ἐν παλάμῃσι περʼ ἰγνύσι λαῖφος ἀθύρων
  2. κεῖτο, χέλυν ἐρατὴν ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ χειρὸς ἐέργων.
  3. μητέρα δʼ οὐκ ἄρʼ ἔληθε θεὰν θεὸς εἰπέ τε μῦθον·
  4. τίπτε σύ, ποικιλομῆτα, πόθεν τόδε νυκτὸς ἐν ὥρῃ