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. μίγδα κρόκον τʼ ἀγανὸν καὶ ἀγαλλίδας ἠδʼ ὑάκινθον
  2. καὶ ῥοδέας κάλυκας καὶ λείρια, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι,
  3. νάρκισσόν θʼ, ὃν ἔφυσʼ ὥς περ κρόκον εὐρεῖα χθών.
  4. αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ δρεπόμην περὶ χάρματι· γαῖα δʼ ἔνερθε