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Homeric Hymns

Ancient Greek poems composed between c. 800 BCE and c. 500 CE. From Wikidata; Wikipedia.

Wrote in
7th–5th c. BC
Kinds of writing
Lyric poetry (32)
Dialect
Ionic/Epic
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33 works, 33 with an English translation; 18,767 words analysed

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In The Painted Stoa

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μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρίʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγεʼ ἔθηκε

Greek text size
20 px
Line spacing
1.8

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