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16 maj 2023 · Homeric Hymn to Demeter ℗ 2014 Vaxevaneris Stylianos Hephaestion Composer Released on: 2014-08-10 Charles Voutsina Piano Agapi Papamitsou soprano vocals Athena Chioti vocals Tigran Sarksian ...
Translated by Helen P. Foley; read by Jennifer Sundeen.
Lyrics: Δημήτηρ᾽ ἠύκομον, σεμνὴν θεάν, ἄρχομ᾽ ἀείδειν, αὐτὴν καὶ κούρην, περικαλλέα Περσεφόνειαν. χαῖρε, θεά, καὶ τήνδε σάου πόλιν: ἄρχε δ᾽ ἀοιδῆς. I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful...
Hymn do Demeter. Zacznę opiewać Demeter o pięknych włosach, boginie wielce czcigodną, a z nią Persefonę, jej córkę przepiękną. Witaj, bogini, strzeż tego miasta i pieśń rozpoczynaj!
I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair. And her daughter [Persephone] too. The one with the delicate ankles, whom Hādēs 1: seized. She was given away by Zeus, the loud-thunderer, the one who sees far and wide. Demeter did not take part in this, she of the golden double-axe, she who glories in the harvest. 5
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow ...
The Hymn to Demeter (Translation) To Demeter. I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess —of her and her trim-ankled daughter whom Aidoneus rapt away, given to him by all-seeing Zeus the loud-thunderer.
