Hymn 13 to Demeter

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. Δημήτηρ’ ἠύκομον, σεμνὴν θεάν, ἄρχομ’ ἀείδειν,
  2. αὐτὴν καὶ κούρην, περικαλλέα Περσεφόνειαν.
  3. χαῖρε, θεά, καὶ τήνδε σάου πόλιν· ἄρχε δ’ ἀοιδῆς.