[128] δώδεκα μοίρας: this is the first reference to a system of twelve gods, of whom Hermes is one. As Gemoll rightly explains, Hermes is consciously claiming his prerogative, and is himself instituting the ritual which is hereafter to be observed by men.
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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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