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 ἐγὼ χθιζὸς γενόμην, τὰ δέ τʼ οἶδε καὶ αὐτός,
  2. οὔτι βοῶν ἐλατῆρι, κραταιῷ φωτί, ἐοικώς.
  3. πείθεο· καὶ γὰρ ἐμεῖο πατὴρ φίλος εὔχεαι εἶναι,
  4. ὡς οὐκ οἴκαδʼ ἔλασσα βόας, ὣς ὄλβιος εἴην,
  5. οὐδʼ ὑπὲρ οὐδὸν ἔβην· τὸ δέ τʼ ἀτρεκέως ἀγορεύω.
  6. Ἠέλιον δὲ μάλʼ αἰδέομαι καὶ δαίμονας ἄλλους,