---
title: Hymn 16 To Asclepius
title_greek: Ὕμνος εἰς Ἀσκληπιόν
author: Hymnic Collection  Anonymous
eul_wid: upu-ah
eul_aid: upu
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/grc/homeric-hymns-anonymous/asclepius"
canonical_json: "https://eulogikon.org/data/works/grc/homeric-hymns-anonymous-asclepius-upu-ah.json"
sha256: bc5678daeb6adac3e3211b83e4a3c297187f3e91e64310ae52d10bd9306bf8ca
period: Archaic_To_Classical
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Hymn 16 To Asclepius

*Ὕμνος εἰς Ἀσκληπιόν*

**Author:** Hymnic Collection  Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `upu-ah` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/grc/homeric-hymns-anonymous/asclepius) · [Canonical JSON](https://eulogikon.org/data/works/grc/homeric-hymns-anonymous-asclepius-upu-ah.json)

## Text

### unit_1

Ἰητῆρα νόσων Ἀσκληπιὸν ἄρχομ’ ἀείδειν υἱὸν Ἀπόλλωνος τὸν ἐγείνατο δῖα Κορωνὶς Δωτίῳ ἐν πεδίῳ κούρη Φλεγύου βασιλῆος, χάρμα μέγ’ ἀνθρώποισι, κακῶν θελκτῆρ’ ὀδυνάων. Καὶ σὺ μὲν οὕτω χαῖρε ἄναξ· λίτομαι δέ ς’ ἀοιδῇ.

## License and provenance

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