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. πορθήσω καὶ χρυσόν, ἅλις τʼ αἴθωνα σίδηρον
  2. καὶ πολλὴν ἐσθῆτα· σὺ δʼ ὄψεαι, αἴ κʼ ἐθέλῃσθα.
  3. ὣς οἳ μέν ῥʼ ἐπέεσσι πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀγόρευον,
  4. υἱός τʼ αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς καὶ πότνια Μαῖα.