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. καὶ τὸ σπάργανον εἶχεν ἐπʼ ὠλένῃ οὐδʼ ἀπέβαλλε.
  2. Ζεὺς δὲ μέγʼ ἐξεγέλασσεν ἰδὼν κακομηδέα παῖδα
  3. εὖ καὶ ἐπισταμένως ἀρνεύμενον ἀμφὶ βόεσσιν.
  4. ἀμφοτέρους δʼ ἐκέλευσεν ὁμόφρονα θυμὸν ἔχοντας
  5. ζητεύειν, Ἑρμῆν δὲ διάκτορον ἡγεμονεύειν
  6. καὶ δεῖξαι τὸν χῶρον ἐπʼ ἀβλαβίῃσι νόοιο,