[577] It is astonishing to find objections raised to this passage by some of the older critics. The lines 577-578 conclude with the theme which runs through the whole poem—the deceitfulness and waywardness of Hermes.
Παῦρα ὀΝίνΗσι no doubt ironically corrects the title “ἐριούνιος”, as Baumeister explains. τὸ δ᾽ ἄκριτον, “endlessly”; cf. 126 (without the article).This text is part of:
The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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