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Homeric Hymns

Homeric tradition

Hymn 8 | Primary edition: Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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Ἆρες ὑπερμενέτα, βρισάρματε, χρυσεοπήληξ,

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ὀβριμόθυμε, φέρασπι, πολισσόε, χαλκοκορυστά,

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καρτερόχειρ, ἀμόγητε, δορισθενές, ἕρκος Ὀλύμπου,

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Νίκης εὐπολέμοιο πάτερ, συναρωγὲ Θέμιστος,

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ἀντιβίοισι τύραννε, δικαιοτάτων ἀγὲ φωτῶν,

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ἠνορέης σκηπτοῦχε, πυραυγέα κύκλον ἑλίσσων

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αἰθέρος ἑπταπόροις ἐνὶ τείρεσιν, ἔνθα σε πῶλοι

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ζαφλεγέες τριτάτης ὑπὲρ ἄντυγος αἰὲν ἔχουσι·

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κλῦθι, βροτῶν ἐπίκουρε, δοτὴρ εὐθαρσέος ἥβης,

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πρηὺ καταστίλβων σέλας ὑψόθεν ἐς βιότητα

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ἡμετέρην καὶ κάρτος ἀρήιον, ὥς κε δυναίμην

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σεύασθαι κακότητα πικρὴν ἀπʼ ἐμοῖο καρήνου,

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καὶ ψυχῆς ἀπατηλὸν ὑπογνάμψαι φρεσὶν ὁρμήν,

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θυμοῦ αὖ μένος ὀξὺ κατισχέμεν, ὅς μʼ ἐρέθῃσι

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φυλόπιδος κρυερῆς ἐπιβαινέμεν· ἀλλὰ σὺ θάρσος

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δός, μάκαρ, εἰρήνης τε μένειν ἐν ἀπήμοσι θεσμοῖς

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δυσμενέων προφυγόντα μόθον Κῆράς τε βιαίους.

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 8.

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