[5] There are the same apparent alternatives as in h. x. The versions are equally good, except that line 5 as it stands is imperfect; Ilgen's “δέ” will correct it. The other version contains no main verb and “πολλὰ δ᾽ ἀνέτλη” is necessary; cf. note on h. Herm. 471.
7, 8. Cf. Od. 11.602 f. “αὐτὸς δὲ μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι” “τέρπεται ἐν θαλίῃς καὶ ἔχει καλλίσφυρον Ἥβην”. Lucian (dial. deor. xvi. 1 “αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ τοῖς θεοῖς σύνεστι καὶ ἔχει καλλίσφυρον Ἥβην”) certainly borrows from “λ”, not (as Matthiae thought) from the hymn.Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:
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HYMN TO DIONYSUS
HYMN TO DEMETER
HYMN TO APOLLO
HYMN TO HERMES
HYMN TO APHRODITE
HYMN TO APHRODITE
HYMN TO DIONYSUS
HYMN TO ARES
HYMN TO ARTEMIS
HYMN TO APHRODITE
HYMN TO ATHENA
HYMN TO HERA
HYMN TO DEMETER
HYMN TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS
HYMN TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED
HYMN TO ASCLEPIUS
HYMN TO THE DIOSCURI
HYMN TO HERMES
HYMN TO PAN
HYMN TO HEPHAESTUS
HYMN TO APOLLO
HYMN TO POSEIDON
HYMN TO ZEUS
HYMN TO HESTIA
HYMN TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO
HYMN TO DIONYSUS
HYMN TO ARTEMIS
HYMN TO ATHENA
HYMN TO HESTIA
HYMN TO EARTH THE MOTHER OF ALL
HYMN TO HELIOS
HYMN TO SELENE
HYMN TO THE DIOSCURI
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The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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