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 ἔφατʼ. οὐδʼ ἀπίθησεν ἐυστέφανος Δημήτηρ·
  2. αἶψα δὲ καρπὸν ἀνῆκεν ἀρουράων ἐριβώλων·
  3. πᾶσα δὲ φύλλοισίν τε καὶ ἄνθεσιν εὐρεῖα χθὼν
  4. ἔβρισʼ· ἣ δὲ κιοῦσα θεμιστοπόλοις βασιλεῦσι