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. ἴστω γὰρ θεῶν ὅρκος, ἀμείλικτον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ,
  2. ἀθάνατόν κέν τοι καὶ ἀγήραον ἤματα πάντα
  3. παῖδα φίλον ποίησα καὶ ἄφθιτον ὤπασα τιμήν·
  4. νῦν δʼ οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὥς κεν θάνατον καὶ κῆρας ἀλύξαι·