Homeric Hymns 21. To Apollo

Homer


Work

English title

Homeric Hymns 21. To Apollo

Greek title

Εἰς Ἀπόλλωνα

Latin title

In Apollinem

Language

Greek

Year

600 BC

Geography

Greece

Author

Name

Homer

Certain authorship

No

Gender

Male

Genres

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

Quaternary

TLG genre

Primary

Hymnus

Alternative genre

Primary

Poetry

Secondary

Lyric

Other

Document ID

perseus_tlg0013.tlg021.perseus-grc2

TLG Work ID

tlg021

TLG Author ID

tlg0013

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Text extract

Εἲς Ἀπόλλωνα φοῖβε, σὲ μὲν καὶ κύκνος ὑπὸ πτερύγων λίγʼ ἀείδει, ὄχθῃ ἐπιθρώσκων ποταμὸν πάρα δινήεντα, Πηνειόν· σὲ δʼ ἀοιδὸς ἔχων φόρμιγγα λίγειαν ἡδυεπὴς πρῶτόν τε καὶ ὕστατον αἰὲν ἀείδει. καὶ σὺ μὲν οὕτω χαῖρε, ἄναξ, ἵλαμαι δέ σʼ ἀοιδῇ.