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.
  5. καὶ σὺ μὲν οὕτω χαῖρε, Διὸς καὶ Μαιάδος, υἱέ·
  6. αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ καὶ σεῖο καὶ ἄλλης μνήσομʼ ἀοιδῆς.