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Homeric Hymns

Homeric tradition

Hymn 20 | Primary edition: Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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Ἥφαιστον κλυτόμητιν ἀείσεο, Μοῦσα λίγεια,

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ὃς μετʼ Ἀθηναίης γλαυκώπιδος ἀγλαὰ ἔργα

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ἀνθρώπους ἐδίδαξεν ἐπὶ χθονός, οἳ τὸ πάρος περ

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ἄντροις ναιετάασκον ἐν οὔρεσιν, ἠύτε θῆρες.

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νῦν δὲ διʼ Ἥφαιστον κλυτοτέχνην ἔργα δαέντες

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ῥηιδίως αἰῶνα τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν

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εὔκηλοι διάγουσιν ἐνὶ σφετέροισι δόμοισιν.

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ἀλλʼ ἵληθʼ, Ἥφαιστε· δίδου δʼ ἀρετήν τε καὶ ὄλβον.

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 20.

Primary Edition

Hugh G. Evelyn-White

Ancient Greek | Verse

Greek base text via Perseus canonical TEI

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CTS range: urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg020.perseus-grc2:20.1 -> urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg020.perseus-grc2:20.8

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Canonical pilot note: this original-language edition is currently imported for Hymn 20 only and carries line-level CTS URNs in the runtime corpus.