Literary Record Details

Author: HYMNI HOMERICI Hymn.

Opus: In Mercurium
Reference: H.H.4.129

Period: Classical

Genre: poetry
Subgenre: epic
Object:
Gender: m
Context: sacrifice

Greek Text: Ἑρμῆς χαρμόφρων εἰρύσατο πίονα ἔργα λείῳ ἐπὶ πλαταμῶνι καὶ ἔσχισε δώδεκα μοίρας κληροπαλεῖς: τέλεον δὲ γέρας προσέθηκεν ἑκάστῃ.

English Text: glad-hearted Hermes dragged the rich meats he had prepared and put them on a smooth, flat stone, and divided them into twelve portions distributed by lot, making each portion wholly honorable