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. τῇσιν μὲν γὰρ βουσὶν ἐς ἀσφοδελὸν λειμῶνα
  2. ἀντία βήματʼ ἔχουσα κόνις ἀνέφαινε μέλαινα·
  3. αὐτὸς δʼ ἐκτὸς ὁδοῦ, τις ἀμήχανος, οὔτʼ ἄρα ποσσὶν
  4. οὔτʼ ἄρα χερσὶν ἔβαινε διὰ ψαμαθώδεα χῶρον·