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Homeric Hymns

Homeric tradition

Hymn 32 | Primary edition: Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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μήνην ἀείδειν τανυσίπτερον ἔσπετε, Μοῦσαι,

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ἡδυεπεῖς κοῦραι Κρονίδεω Διός, ἵστορες ᾠδῆς·

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ἧς ἄπο αἴγλη γαῖαν ἑλίσσεται οὐρανόδεικτος

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κρατὸς ἀπʼ ἀθανάτοιο, πολὺς δʼ ὑπὸ κόσμος ὄρωρεν

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αἴγλης λαμπούσης· στίλβει δέ τʼ ἀλάμπετος ἀὴρ

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χρυσέου ἀπὸ στεφάνου, ἀκτῖνες δʼ ἐνδιάονται,

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εὖτʼ ἂν ἀπʼ Ὠκεανοῖο λοεσσαμένη χρόα καλόν,

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εἵματα ἑσσαμένη τηλαυγέα δῖα Σελήνη,

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ζευξαμένη πώλους ἐριαύχενας, αἰγλήεντας,

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ἐσσυμένως προτέρωσʼ ἐλάσῃ καλλίτριχας ἵππους,

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ἑσπερίη, διχόμηνος· ὃ δὲ πλήθει μέγας ὄγμος

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λαμπρόταταί τʼ αὐγαὶ τότʼ ἀεξομένης τελέθουσιν

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οὐρανόθεν· τέκμωρ δὲ βροτοῖς καὶ σῆμα τέτυκται.

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τῇ ῥά ποτε Κρονίδης ἐμίγη φιλότητι καὶ εὐνῇ·

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ἣ δʼ ὑποκυσαμένη Πανδείην γείνατο κούρην,

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ἐκπρεπὲς εἶδος ἔχουσαν ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι.

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χαῖρε, ἄνασσα, θεὰ λευκώλενε, δῖα Σελήνη,

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πρόφρον, ἐυπλόκαμος· σέο δʼ ἀρχόμενος κλέα φωτῶν

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ᾄσομαι ἡμιθέων, ὧν κλείουσʼ ἔργματʼ ἀοιδοί,

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Μουσάων θεράποντες, ἀπὸ στομάτων ἐροέντων.

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 32.

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