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. παντοίῃ φιλότητι· χάριν δʼ ἐπέθηκε Κρονίων.
  2. πᾶσι δʼ ὅ γε θνητοῖσι καὶ ἀθανάτοισιν ὁμιλεῖ.
  3. παῦρα μὲν οὖν ὀνίνησι, τὸ δʼ ἄκριτον ἠπεροπεύει
  4. νύκτα διʼ ὀρφναίην φῦλα θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων.