Homeric Hymns

Homeric tradition

Hymn 21 | Primary edition: Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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Line Ref	Hugh G. Evelyn-White \| Ancient Greek
1	Primary φοῖβε, σὲ μὲν καὶ κύκνος ὑπὸ πτερύγων λίγʼ ἀείδει, Permalink
2	Primary ὄχθῃ ἐπιθρώσκων ποταμὸν πάρα δινήεντα, Permalink
3	Primary Πηνειόν· σὲ δʼ ἀοιδὸς ἔχων φόρμιγγα λίγειαν Permalink
4	Primary ἡδυεπὴς πρῶτόν τε καὶ ὕστατον αἰὲν ἀείδει. Permalink
5	Primary καὶ σὺ μὲν οὕτω χαῖρε, ἄναξ, ἵλαμαι δέ σʼ ἀοιδῇ. Permalink

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

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Primary Edition

Hugh G. Evelyn-White

Ancient Greek | Verse

Greek base text via Perseus canonical TEI

These are the Perseus-distributed Greek hymn witnesses keyed by canonical hymn number.

Pilot canonical-spine import for the Homeric Hymns with one canonical file per hymn and CTS identity preserved.

Source family: Greek canonical pilot texts

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CTS range: urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg021.perseus-grc2:21.1 -> urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg021.perseus-grc2:21.5

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