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. λιμοῦ ὑπʼ ἀργαλέης, γεράων τʼ ἐρικυδέα τιμὴν
  2. καὶ θυσιῶν ἤμερσεν Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχοντας,
  3. εἰ μὴ Ζεὺς ἐνόησεν ἑῷ τʼ ἐφράσσατο θυμῷ.
  4. Ἶριν δὲ πρῶτον χρυσόπτερον ὦρσε καλέσσαι
  5. Δήμητρʼ ἠύκομον, πολυήρατον εἶδος ἔχουσαν.
  6. ὣς ἔφαθʼ· ἣ δὲ Ζηνὶ κελαινεφέι Κρονίωνι