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. ἀμφὶ δὲ δέρμα τάνυσσε βοὸς πραπίδεσσιν ἑῇσι
  2. καὶ πήχεις ἐνέθηκʼ, ἐπὶ δὲ ζυγὸν ἤραρεν ἀμφοῖν,
  3. ἑπτὰ δὲ θηλυτέρων ὀίων ἐτανύσσατο χορδάς.
  4. αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ τεῦξε, φέρων, ἐρατεινὸν ἄθυρμα,