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. ἀθανάτοις λήξειεν· ἐπεὶ μέγα μήδεται ἔργον,
  2. φθῖσαι φῦλʼ ἀμενηνὰ χαμαιγενέων ἀνθρώπων,
  3. σπέρμʼ ὑπὸ γῆς κρύπτουσα, καταφθινύθουσα δὲ τιμὰς
  4. ἀθανάτων· ἣ δʼ αἰνὸν ἔχει χόλον, οὐδὲ θεοῖσι