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. ὑμετέρας ἔκλεψα βόας οὐδʼ ἄλλον ὄπωπα,
  2. αἵτινες αἱ βόες εἰσί· τὸ δὲ κλέος οἶον ἀκούω.
  3. δὸς δὲ δίκην καὶ δέξο παρὰ Ζηνὶ Κρονίωνι.
  4. αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ τὰ ἕκαστα διαρρήδην ἐρίδαινον
  5. Ἑρμῆς τʼ οἰοπόλος καὶ Λητοῦς ἀγλαὸς υἱός,
  6. ἀμφὶς θυμὸν ἔχοντες. ὃ μὲν νημερτέα φωνὴν