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Hymn 25 To the Muses and Apollo

Authority group
Hymni Homerici (catalogue association; authorship remains anonymous)
Scientific editors
Hugh G. Evelyn-White
Edition reference
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica · London · William Heinemann Ltd. · 1914
CTS identifier
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg025.local001
Rights
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Corpus release
2.2.0 · 2026-08-29
Digital source
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Εἲς Μούσας Καὶ Ἀπόλλωνα

1μουσάων ἄρχωμαι Ἀπόλλωνός τε Διός τε·

2ἐκ γὰρ Μουσάων καὶ ἑκηβόλου Ἀπόλλωνος

3ἄνδρες ἀοιδοὶ ἔασιν ἐπὶ χθονὶ καὶ κιθαρισταί,

4ἐκ δὲ Διὸς βασιλῆες· ὃ δʼ ὄλβιος, ὅν τινα Μοῦσαι

5φίλωνται· γλυκερή οἱ ἀπὸ στόματος ῥέει αὐδή.

6χαίρετε, τέκνα Διός, καὶ ἐμὴν τιμήσατʼ ἀοιδήν·

7αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν ὑμέων τε καὶ ἄλλης μνήσομʼ ἀοιδῆς.