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. [ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφη τελέ]εσθαι· ἑῷ δʼ ἐπένευσε κάρητι.
  2. [ἀλλʼ ἴθι, τέκνον] ἐμόν, καὶ πείθεο, μηδέ τι λίην
  3. ἀ[ζηχὲς μεν]έαινε κελαινεφέι Κρονίωνι.
  4. α[ἶψα δὲ κα]ρπὸν ἄεξε φερέσβιον ἀνθρώποισιν.
  5. ὣς ἔφατʼ. οὐδʼ ἀπίθησεν ἐυστέφανος Δημήτηρ·
  6. αἶψα δὲ καρπὸν ἀνῆκεν ἀρουράων ἐριβώλων·