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Homeric Hymns

Homeric tradition

Hymn 18 | Primary edition: Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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Ἑρμῆν ἀείδω Κυλλήνιον, Ἀργειφόντην,

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Κυλλήνης μεδέοντα καὶ Ἀρκαδίης πολυμήλου,

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ἄγγελον ἀθανάτων ἐριούνιον, ὃν τέκε Μαῖα,

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Ατλαντος θυγάτηρ, Διὸς ἐν φιλότητι μιγεῖσα,

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αἰδοίη· μακάρων δὲ θεῶν ἀλέεινεν ὅμιλον,

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ἄντρῳ ναιετάουσα παλισκίῳ· ἔνθα Κρονίων

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νύμφῃ ἐυπλοκάμῳ μισγέσκετο νυκτὸς ἀμολγῷ,

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εὖτε κατὰ γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἔχοι λευκώλενον Ἥρην·

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λάνθανε δ’ ἀθανάτους τε θεοὺς θνητούς τ’ ἀνθρώπους.

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καὶ σὺ μὲν οὕτω χαῖρε, Διὸς καὶ Μαιάδος υἱέ·

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σεῦ δ’ ἐγὼ ἀρξάμενος μεταβήσομαι ἄλλον ἐς ὕμνον.

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[ χαῖρ’. Ἑρμῆ χαριδῶτα, διάκτορε, δῶτορ ἐάων. ]

Text notes and edition context

Work

Homeric Hymns

The Homeric Hymns range from brief invocations to extended mythic narratives, offering one of the clearest bridges between epic diction and cult praise.

Hymns | Original language: Ancient Greek

Archaic and later Greek hymn tradition, with core material commonly dated between the 7th and 5th centuries BCE

You are reading Hymn 18.

Primary Edition

Hugh G. Evelyn-White

Ancient Greek | Verse

Greek base text via Perseus canonical TEI

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Canonical pilot note: this original-language edition is currently imported for Hymn 18 only and carries line-level CTS URNs in the runtime corpus.