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Homeric Hymns

Homeric tradition

Hymn 31 | Primary edition: Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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ἥλιον ὑμνεῖν αὖτε Διὸς τέκος ἄρχεο Μοῦσα,

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Καλλιόπη, φαέθοντα, τὸν Εὐρυφάεσσα βοῶπις

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γείνατο Γαίης παιδὶ καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος·

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γῆμε γὰρ Εὐρυφάεσσαν ἀγακλειτὴν Ὑπερίων,

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αὐτοκασιγνήτην, ἥ οἱ τέκε κάλλιμα τέκνα,

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Ἠῶ τε ῥοδόπηχυν ἐυπλόκαμόν τε Σελήνην

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Ἠέλιόν τʼ ἀκάμαντʼ, ἐπιείκελον ἀθανάτοισιν,

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ὃς φαίνει θνητοῖσι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν

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ἵπποις ἐμβεβαώς· σμερδνὸν δʼ ὅ γε δέρκεται ὄσσοις

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χρυσέης ἐκ κόρυθος· λαμπραὶ δʼ ἀκτῖνες ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ

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αἰγλῆεν στίλβουσι παρὰ κροτάφων δέ τʼ ἔθειραι

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λαμπραὶ ἀπὸ κρατὸς χαρίεν κατέχουσι πρόσωπον

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τηλαυγές· καλὸν δὲ περὶ χροῒ λάμπεται ἔσθος

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λεπτουργές, πνοιῇ ἀνέμων· ὕπο δʼ ἄρσενες ἵπποι.

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ἔνθʼ ἄρʼ ὅ γε στήσας χρυσόζυγον ἅρμα καὶ ἵππους,

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[αὐτόθι παύεται ἄκρου ἐπʼ οὐρανοῦ, εἰσόκεν αὖτις]

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θεσπέσιος πέμπῃσι διʼ οὐρανοῦ Ὠκεανόνδε.

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χαῖρε, ἄναξ, πρόφρων δὲ βίον θυμήρεʼ ὄπαζε.

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ἐκ σέο δʼ ἀρξάμενος κλῄσω μερόπων γένος ἀνδρῶν

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ἡμιθέων, ὧν ἔργα θεαὶ θνητοῖσιν ἔδειξαν.

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 31.

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 31 only and carries line-level CTS URNs in the runtime corpus.