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. ἀνθρώπων δʼ ἄλλον δηλήσομαι, ἄλλον ὀνήσω,
  2. πολλὰ περιτροπέων ἀμεγάρτων φῦλʼ ἀνθρώπων.
  3. καὶ μὲν ἐμῆς ὀμφῆς ἀπονήσεται, ὅς τις ἂν ἔλθῃ
  4. φωνῇ καὶ πτερύγεσσι τεληέντων οἰωνῶν·
  5. οὗτος ἐμῆς ὀμφῆς ἀπονήσεται, οὐδʼ ἀπατήσω.
  6. ὃς δέ κε μαψιλόγοισι πιθήσας οἰωνοῖσι