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. εἰ δʼ ἐθέλεις, πατρὸς κεφαλὴν μέγαν ὅρκον ὀμοῦμαι·
  2. μὴ μὲν ἐγὼ μήτʼ αὐτὸς ὑπίσχομαι αἴτιος εἶναι,
  3. μήτε τινʼ ἄλλον ὄπωπα βοῶν κλοπὸν ὑμετεράων,
  4. αἵ τινες αἱ βόες εἰσί· τὸ δὲ κλέος οἶον ἀκούω.
  5. ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφη καὶ πυκνὸν ἀπὸ βλεφάρων ἀμαρύσσων
  6. ὀφρῦς ῥιπτάζεσκεν ὁρώμενος ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα,