Hymn 2 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. ἔννεπον, ὡς εἶδόν τε καὶ ἔκλυον. ἣ δὲ μάλʼ ὦκα
  2. ἐλθούσας ἐκέλευε καλεῖν ἐπʼ ἀπείρονι μισθῷ.
  3. αἳ δʼ ὥστʼ ἢ ἔλαφοι ἢ πόρτιες εἴαρος ὥρῃ
  4. ἅλλοντʼ ἂν λειμῶνα κορεσσάμεναι φρένα φορβῇ,