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 χαροποῖσι λέουσι καὶ ἀργιόδουσι σύεσσι
  2. καὶ κυσὶ καὶ μήλοισιν, ὅσα τρέφει εὐρεῖα χθών,
  3. πᾶσι δʼ ἐπὶ προβάτοισιν ἀνάσσειν κύδιμον Ἑρμῆν,
  4. οἶον δʼ εἰς Ἀΐδην τετελεσμένον ἄγγελον εἶναι,
  5. ὅς τʼ ἄδοτός περ ἐὼν δώσει γέρας οὐκ ἐλάχιστον.
  6. οὕτω Μαιάδος υἱὸν ἄναξ ἐφίλησεν Ἀπόλλων