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. ἐργασίην φεύγουσα δυήπαθον· ὃς δέ κεν αὐτὴν
  2. νῆις ἐὼν τὸ πρῶτον ἐπιζαφελῶς ἐρεείνῃ,
  3. μὰψ αὔτως κεν ἔπειτα μετήορά τε θρυλλίζοι.
  4. σοὶ δʼ αὐτάγρετόν ἐστι δαήμεναι, ὅττι μενοινᾷς.