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