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. τοιγὰρ ἐγώ τοι, μῆτερ, ἐρέω νημερτέα πάντα·
  2. εὖτέ μοι Ἑρμῆς ἦλθʼ ἐριούνιος ἄγγελος ὠκὺς
  3. πὰρ πατέρος Κρονιδαο καὶ ἄλλων Οὐρανιώνων,
  4. ἐλθεῖν ἐξ Ἐρέβευς, ἵνα ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδοῦσα
  5. λήξαις ἀθανάτοισι χόλου καὶ μήνιος αἰνῆς,
  6. αὐτίκʼ ἐγὼν ἀνόρουσʼ ὑπὸ χάρματος· αὐτὰρ ὃ λάθρῃ