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. οὐδὲ θεῶν μακάρων ἄγε μάρτυρας οὐδὲ κατόπτας,
  2. μηνύειν δʼ ἐκέλευεν ἀναγκαίης ὑπὸ πολλῆς,
  3. πολλὰ δέ μʼ ἠπείλησε βαλεῖν ἐς Τάρταρον εὐρύν,
  4. οὕνεχʼ ὃ μὲν τέρεν ἄνθος ἔχει φιλοκυδέος ἥβης,