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. ἢ ἔπει ἢ ἔργῳ κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἴηνα·
  2. κούρην τὴν ἔτεκον, γλυκερὸν θάλος, εἴδεϊ κυδρήν,
  3. τῆς ἀδινὴν ὄπʼ ἄκουσα διʼ αἰθέρος ἀτρυγέτοιο
  4. ὥστε βιαζομένης, ἀτὰρ οὐκ ἴδον ὀφθαλμοῖσιν.