#fun fact: this passage is why the greeks/previous scholars thought homer was the author of the HOMERIC hymns!

[homhymndaily]

ὦ κοῦραι, τίς δ᾽ ὔμμιν ἀνὴρ ἥδιστος ἀοιδῶν

ἐνθάδε πωλεῖται, καὶ τέῳ τέρπεσθε μάλιστα;

ὑμεῖς δ᾽ εὖ μάλα πᾶσαι ὑποκρίνασθαι ἀφήμως:

τυφλὸς ἀνήρ, οἰκεῖ δὲ Χίῳ ἔνι παιπαλοέσσῃ

τοῦ μᾶσαι μετόπισθεν ἀριστεύσουσιν ἀοιδαί.

“Whom think ye, girls, is the sweetest singer that comes here, and in whom do you most delight?” Then answer, each and all, with one voice: “He is a blind man, and dwells in rocky Chios: his lays are evermore supreme.” (Homeric hymn to Apollo, 169-173, trans. Evelyn-White)

126 Delian girls (gnc) have already gathered to read the evermore supreme Homeric Hymns! Thank you all so much, and see you all on September 19th!

#hom hymn daily #fun fact: this passage is why the greeks/previous scholars thought homer was the author of the HOMERIC hymns!