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. τῶν οἳ μὲν κακὰ πολλὰ μεμαότες, οἳ δὲ μάλʼ ἐσθλὰ
  2. φοιτῶσιν· χαλεπὸν δὲ δαήμεναί ἐστιν ἕκαστον·
  3. αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα
  4. ἔσκαπτον περὶ γουνὸν ἀλωῆς οἰνοπέδοιο·