# Hymn 20 To Hephaestus Εἲς Ἥφαιστον

Anonymous, Hymn 20 To Hephaestus, Εἲς Ἥφαιστον. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymous-4/hymn-20-to-hephaestus/%CE%95%E1%BC%B2%CF%82%20%E1%BC%AD%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD

Ἥφαιστον κλυτόμητιν ἀείσεο, Μοῦσα λίγεια,
ὃς μετʼ Ἀθηναίης γλαυκώπιδος ἀγλαὰ ἔργα
ἀνθρώπους ἐδίδαξεν ἐπὶ χθονός, οἳ τὸ πάρος περ
ἄντροις ναιετάασκον ἐν οὔρεσιν, ἠύτε θῆρες.
νῦν δὲ διʼ Ἥφαιστον κλυτοτέχνην ἔργα δαέντες
ῥηιδίως αἰῶνα τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν
εὔκηλοι διάγουσιν ἐνὶ σφετέροισι δόμοισιν.
ἀλλʼ ἵληθʼ, Ἥφαιστε· δίδου δʼ ἀρετήν τε καὶ ὄλβον.

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Anonymous, Hymn 20 To Hephaestus, ed. Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0013.tlg020.local001/.