Homeric Hymns

Homeric tradition

Hymn 9 | Primary edition: Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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1	Primary Muse, sing of Artemis, sister of the Far-shooter, the virgin who delights in arrows, who was fostered with Apollo. She waters her horses from Meles deep in reeds, and swiftly drives her all-golden chariot through Smyrna to vine-clad Claros where Apollo, god of the silver bow, sits waiting for the far-shooting goddess who delights in arrows. And so hail to you, Artemis, in my song and to all goddesses as well. Of you first I sing and with you I begin; now that I have begun with you, I will turn to another song. Permalink

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Muse, sing of Artemis, sister of the Far-shooter, the virgin who delights in arrows, who was fostered with Apollo. She waters her horses from Meles deep in reeds, and swiftly drives her all-golden chariot through Smyrna to vine-clad Claros where Apollo, god of the silver bow, sits waiting for the far-shooting goddess who delights in arrows. And so hail to you, Artemis, in my song and to all goddesses as well. Of you first I sing and with you I begin; now that I have begun with you, I will turn to another song.

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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

English | Prose

Early 20th-century English prose translation

Evelyn-White's Loeb-era translation is a standard public-domain access edition for early Greek hymn material.

This edition preserves canonical hymn numbering and line-span references while reading smoothly in English prose.

Source family: English aggregate translations

Project Gutenberg / Internet Archive / Theoi | Public-domain source texts

English prose and verse classics consolidated into a single aggregate dataset.

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