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
- καὶ βοῦς ἀγραύλους διζήμενος ἐνθάδʼ ἱκάνεις;
- οὐκ ἴδον, οὐ πυθόμην, οὐκ ἄλλου μῦθον ἄκουσα·
- οὐκ ἂν μηνύσαιμʼ, οὐκ ἂν μήνυτρον ἀροίμην·
- οὐδὲ βοῶν ἐλατῆρι, κραταιῷ φωτί, ἔοικα.
- οὐκ ἐμὸν ἔργον τοῦτο, πάρος δέ μοι ἄλλα μέμηλεν·
- ὕπνος ἐμοί γε μέμηλε καὶ ἡμετέρης γάλα μητρὸς