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. ἤθελεν οὔτε θεῶν οὔτε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων,
  2. οὔτʼ οἰωνῶν τις τῇ ἐτήτυμος ἄγγελος ἦλθεν.
  3. ἐννῆμαρ μὲν ἔπειτα κατὰ χθόνα πότνια Δηὼ
  4. στρωφᾶτʼ αἰθομένας δαΐδας μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχουσα,