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The Homeric Hymns · c. 1624

A Hymn to Men of Hospitality

by Homer fl. c. 8th century BC

Translated by George Chapman (c. 1624)


Reverence a man with use propitious
That hospitable rites wants; and a house
(You of this city with the seat of state
To ox-ey’d Juno vow’d) yet situate
Near Pluto’s region. At the extreme base
Of whose so high-hair’d city, from the race
Of blue-wav’d Hebrus lovely fluent, grac’d
With Jove’s begetting, you divine cups taste.

MLA

Homer. The Homeric Hymns, A Hymn to Men of Hospitality. Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/homeric-hymns-chapman/31/.

Chicago

Homer. The Homeric Hymns, A Hymn to Men of Hospitality. Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/homeric-hymns-chapman/31/.

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