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. αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ ψαμάθοιο μέγαν στίβον ἐξεπέρησεν,
  2. ἄφραστος γένετʼ ὦκα βοῶν στίβος ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτοῦ
  3. χῶρον ἀνὰ κρατερόν· τὸν δʼ ἐφράσατο βροτὸς ἀνὴρ
  4. ἐς Πύλον εὐθὺς ἐλῶντα βοῶν γένος εὐρυμετώπων.
  5. αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ τὰς μὲν ἐν ἡσυχίῃ κατέερξε
  6. καὶ διαπυρπαλάμησεν ὁδοῦ τὸ μὲν ἔνθα, τὸ δʼ ἔνθα,