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Callimachus · Iambs §12.1

Prayer for the Understanding Given by Hermes

Passage 13 of 22 · Greek

Summary

A brief prayer asking for understanding, which is the gift of Hermes.

§12.1αἰτοῦμεν εὐμάθειαν Ἑρμᾶνος δόσιν.
We ask for understanding, the gift of Hermes.

Notes

  1. §12.1εὐμάθειαν Ἑρμᾶνος δόσιν — εὐμάθειαν (accusative singular of εὐμάθεια, "quickness of learning, understanding") and Ἑρμᾶνος δόσιν ("the gift of Hermes") stand in apposition. Ἑρμᾶνος is the Doric (or lyric) genitive of Ἑρμῆς, corresponding to Attic Ἑρμοῦ.

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Callimachus, Iambs §12.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg007.humanitext-grc1:12.1

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