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. κλέψας δʼ ἐκ λειμῶνος ἐμὰς βοῦς ὤχετʼ ἐλαύνων
  2. ἑσπέριος παρὰ θῖνα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσης,
  3. εὐθὺ Πύλονδʼ ἐλάων· τὰ δʼ ἄρʼ ἴχνια δοιὰ πέλωρα,
  4. οἷά τʼ ἀγάσσασθαι, καὶ ἀγαυοῦ δαίμονος ἔργα.
  5. τῇσιν μὲν γὰρ βουσὶν ἐς ἀσφοδελὸν λειμῶνα
  6. ἀντία βήματʼ ἔχουσα κόνις ἀνέφαινε μέλαινα·