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. αἰόλον ὄστρακον ἕσσο χέλυς ὄρεσι ζώουσα;
  2. ἀλλʼ οἴσω σʼ ἐς δῶμα λαβών· ὄφελός τι μοι ἔσσῃ,
  3. οὐδʼ ἀποτιμήσω· σὺ δέ με πρώτιστον ὀνήσεις
  4. οἴκοι βέλτερον εἶναι, ἐπεὶ βλαβερὸν τὸ θύρηφιν·