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 κρατερόν περ ἐόντα· λαβὼν δʼ ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ χειρὸς
  2. πλήκτρῳ ἐπειρήτιζε κατὰ μέρος· ἣ δʼ ὑπὸ χειρὸς
  3. σμερδαλέον κονάβησε· γέλασσε δὲ Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων
  4. γηθήσας, ἐρατὴ δὲ διὰ φρένας ἤλυθʼ ἰωὴ