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  • Eis Diônuson
  • Eis Dêmêtran
  • Eis Apollôna [Dêlion]
  • Eis Hermên
  • Eis Aphroditên
  • Eis Aphroditên
  • Eis Diônuson
  • Eis Area
  • Eis Artemin
  • Eis Aphroditên
  • Eis Athênan
  • Eis Hêran
  • Eis Dêmêtran
  • Eis Mêtera Theôn
  • Eis Hêraklea Leontothumon
  • Eis Asklêpion
  • Eis Dioskourous
  • Eis Hermên
  • Eis Pana
  • Eis Hêphaiston
  • Eis Apollôna
  • Eis Poseidôna
  • Eis Hupaton Kronidên
  • Eis Hestian
  • Eis Mousas Kai Apollôna
  • Eis Dionuson
  • Eis Artemin
  • Eis Athênan
  • Eis Hestian
  • Eis Gên Mêtera Pantôn
  • Eis Hêlion
  • Eis Selênên
  • Eis Dioskourous
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    Homeric Hymns (ed. Hugh G. Evelyn-White)

    Eis Apollôna [Dêlion]: [Eis Apollôna Puthion]

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    hymn=1:line=18 hymn=2:line=18 hymn=2:line=39 hymn=2:line=59 hymn=2:line=79 hymn=2:line=100 hymn=2:line=120 hymn=2:line=142 hymn=2:line=162 hymn=2:line=183 hymn=2:line=205 hymn=2:line=224 hymn=2:line=246 hymn=2:line=265 hymn=2:line=288 hymn=2:line=308 hymn=2:line=329 hymn=2:line=350 hymn=2:line=370 hymn=2:line=393 hymn=2:line=413 hymn=2:line=435 hymn=2:line=456 hymn=2:line=477 hymn=3:line=1 hymn=3:line=23 hymn=3:line=46 hymn=3:line=67 hymn=3:line=88 hymn=3:line=108 hymn=3:line=129 hymn=3:line=148 hymn=3:line=170 hymn=3:line=188 hymn=3:line=211 hymn=3:line=231 hymn=3:line=252 hymn=3:line=271 hymn=3:line=293 hymn=3:line=311 hymn=3:line=332 hymn=3:line=353 hymn=3:line=374 hymn=3:line=394 hymn=3:line=414 hymn=3:line=438 hymn=3:line=457 hymn=3:line=479 hymn=3:line=501 hymn=3:line=523 hymn=3:line=539b hymn=4:line=12 hymn=4:line=33 hymn=4:line=54 hymn=4:line=74 hymn=4:line=94 hymn=4:line=115 hymn=4:line=136 hymn=4:line=157 hymn=4:line=178 hymn=4:line=200 hymn=4:line=219 hymn=4:line=241 hymn=4:line=261 hymn=4:line=283 hymn=4:line=302 hymn=4:line=323 hymn=4:line=343 hymn=4:line=365 hymn=4:line=387 hymn=4:line=406 hymn=4:line=425 hymn=4:line=446 hymn=4:line=468 hymn=4:line=490 hymn=4:line=511 hymn=4:line=530 hymn=4:line=550 hymn=4:line=572 hymn=5:line=9 hymn=5:line=32 hymn=5:line=53 hymn=5:line=74 hymn=5:line=96 hymn=5:line=116 hymn=5:line=140 hymn=5:line=158 hymn=5:line=179 hymn=5:line=199 hymn=5:line=219 hymn=5:line=241 hymn=5:line=261 hymn=5:line=285 hymn=6:line=10 hymn=7:line=9 hymn=7:line=31 hymn=7:line=52 hymn=8:line=12 hymn=10:line=2 hymn=13 hymn=15:line=5 hymn=18 hymn=19:line=6 hymn=19:line=28 hymn=20 hymn=22:line=1 hymn=25 hymn=26:line=10 hymn=27:line=17 hymn=28:line=15 hymn=30 hymn=31 hymn=32 hymn=32:line=20

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    hôs men egô to prôton en êeroeidei pontôi
    eidomenos delphini thoês epi nêos orousa,
    495
    hôs emoi euchesthai *delphiniôi*: autar ho bômos
    autos *delphinios* kai epopsios essetai aiei.
    deipnêsai t' ar' epeita thoêi para nêi melainêi
    kai speisai makaressi theois, hoi Olumpon echousin.
    autar epên sitoio meliphronos ex eron hêsthe,
    500
    erchesthai th' ham' emoi kai iêpaiêon' aeidein,
    eis ho ke chôron hikêsthon, hin' hexete piona nêon.

        hôs ephath': hoi d' ara tou mala men kluon êd' epithonto.
    histia men prôton kathesan, lusan de boeias,
    histon d' histodokêi pelasan protonoisin huphentes:
    505
    ek de kai autoi bainon epi rhêgmini thalassês.
    ek d' halos êpeironde thoên ana nê' erusanto
    hupsou epi psamathois, hupo d' hermata* makra tanussan:
    kai bômon poiêsan epi rhêgmini thalassês:
    pur d' epikaiontes epi t' alphita leuka thuontes
    510
    euchonth', hôs ekeleue, paristamenoi peri bômon.
    dorpon epeith' heilonto thoêi para nêi melainêi
    kai speisan makaressi theois, hoi Olumpon echousin.
    autar epei posios kai edêtuos ex eron hento,
    ban rh' imen: êrche d' ara sphin anax Dios huios Apollôn,
    515
    phorming' en cheiressin echôn, eraton kitharizôn,
    kala kai hupsi bibas*: hoi de rhêssontes heponto
    Krêtes pros Puthô kai iêpaiêon' aeidon,
    hoioi te Krêtôn* paiêones, hoisi te Mousa
    en stêthessin ethêke thea meligêrun aoidên.
    520
    akmêtoi* de lophon proseban posin, aipsa d' hikonto
    Parnêson kai chôron epêraton, enth' ar' emellon
    oikêsein polloisi tetimenoi anthrôpoisi:
    deixe d' agôn aduton zatheon kai piona nêon.

        tôn d' ôrineto* thumos eni stêthessi philoisi:
    525
    ton kai aneiromenos Krêtôn agos antion êuda:

        ô ana, ei dê têle philôn kai patridos aiês
    êgages: houtô pou tôi sôi philon epleto thumôi:
    pôs kai nun biomestha*; to se phrazesthai anôgmen.
    oute trugêphoros hêde g' epêratos out' euleimôn,
    530
    hôst' apo t' eu zôein kai ham' anthrôpoisin opazein.

    There are a total of 18 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Further comments from Thomas W. Allen, E. E. Sikes, Commentary on the Homeric Hymns:
    line 495: ho bômos
    line 499 (general note)
    line 500: iÊpaiêoN
    line 503: Para
    line 515 (general note)
    line 516: rhêssontes
    line 521: emellen
    line 529: ePêratos
    line 530: oPêdein

    Cross references from Thomas W. Allen, E. E. Sikes, Commentary on the Homeric Hymns:
    * [BIBLIOGRAPHY]
    * [SECOND CENTURY A.D.]
    * [HYMN TO APHRODITE]

    Cross references from Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900):
    1, 486 [Book 1 (A)]

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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Anonymous. The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
    OCLC: 41785942
    ISBN: 0674990633

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