- Source
- Anonymous. Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. Evelyn-White, Hugh G., editor. London: William Heinmann; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1914.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg014.humanitext-grc2:1-6
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
The narrator calls upon the Muse to sing of the Mother of all gods and humans, who loves the sound of instruments and wild beasts, and concludes with a farewell to the goddess.
μητέρα μοι1 πάντων τε θεῶν πάντων τʼ ἀνθρώπων
The mother of all gods and of all human beings, for me,
ὕμνει, Μοῦσα λίγεια, Διὸς θυγάτηρ μεγάλοιο,
sing, clear-voiced Muse, daughter of great Zeus,
ᾗ2 κροτάλων τυπάνων τʼ ἰαχὴ σύν τε βρόμος αὐλῶν
whom the clatter of castanets and drums, along with the roar of flutes,
εὔαδεν3 ἠδὲ λύκων κλαγγὴ χαροπῶν τε λεόντων
delight, as well as the howling of wolves and bright-eyed lions,
οὔρεά τʼ ἠχήεντα καὶ ὑλήεντες ἔναυλοι.
and the echoing mountains and wooded glens.
καὶ σὺ4 μὲν οὕτω χαῖρε θεαί θʼ ἅμα πᾶσαι ἀοιδῇ.5
And so, hail to you, and may all the goddesses together rejoice in my song.
- 1μοι
Dative of interest (or ethical dative), expressing the narrator's request to the Muse to sing "for me".
- 3ᾗ
Relative pronoun in the dative case (feminine singular). The antecedent is μητέρα in §1, and it serves as the dative complement of the verb εὔαδεν in §4.
- 4εὔαδεν
Epic third-person singular aorist of the verb ἁνδάνω (to please, delight). Although followed by multiple subjects, the verb agrees in the singular with the nearest subject.
- 6σὺ
Second-person singular pronoun. In this context, it refers to the "Mother of the gods" (μητέρα), the subject of the hymn.
- 6ἀοιδῇ
Dative of means, cause, or association. It can be interpreted as either "by means of (our) song" or "rejoice in the song".