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. ἦ σοί γʼ ἐκ γενετῆς τάδʼ ἅμʼ ἕσπετο θαυματὰ ἔργα
  2. ἠέ τις ἀθανάτων ἠὲ θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων
  3. δῶρον ἀγαυὸν ἔδωκε καὶ ἔφρασε θέσπιν ἀοιδήν;
  4. θαυμασίην γὰρ τήνδε νεήφατον ὄσσαν ἀκούω,
  5. ἣν οὐ πώ ποτέ φημι δαήμεναι οὔτε τινʼ ἀνδρῶν
  6. οὔτε τινʼ ἀθανάτων, οἳ Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχουσι,