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. πέτρῃ ἐπʼ ἠλιβάτῳ, τάχα δʼ εἴρετο κύδιμον Ἑρμῆν·
    1. πῶς ἐδύνω, δολομῆτα, δύω βόε δειροτομῆσαι,
    2. ὧδε νεογνὸς ἐὼν καὶ νήπιος; αὐτὸς ἐγώ γε
    3. θαυμαίνω κατόπισθε τὸ σὸν κράτος· οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ