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Homeric Hymns

Homeric tradition

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

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Ἄρτεμιν ὕμνει, Μοῦσα, κασιγνήτην Ἑκάτοιο.

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παρθένον ἰοχέαιραν, ὁμότροφον Ἀπόλλωνος,

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ἥθʼ ἵππους ἄρσασα βαθυσχοίνοιο Μέλητος

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ῥίμφα διὰ Σμύρνης παγχρύσεον ἅρμα διώκει

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ἐς Κλάρον ἀμπελόεσσαν, ὅθʼ ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων

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ἧσται μιμνάζων ἑκατηβόλον ἰοχέαιραν.

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καὶ σὺ μὲν οὕτω χαῖρε θεαί θʼ ἅμα πᾶσαι ἀοιδῇ·

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αὐτὰρ ἐγώ σε πρῶτα καὶ ἐκ σέθεν ἄρχομʼ ἀείδειν,

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σεῦ δʼ ἐγὼ ἀρξάμενος μεταβήσομαι ἄλλον ἐς ὕμνον.

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 9.

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