---
title: Hymn to Hygieia and Sleep
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Licymnius of Chios
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period: Classical
dialect: Doric (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Hymn to Hygieia and Sleep

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Licymnius of Chios

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## Text

### book 2.1

λιπαρόμματε μᾶτερ ὑψίστα θρόνων

### book 2.2

σεμνῶν Ἀπόλλωνος βασίλεια

### book 2.3

ποθεινὰ πραΰγελως Ὑγίεια

### book 3a.1

μυρίαις

### book 3a.2

παγαῖς δακρύων ἀχέων

### book 3a.3

τε βρύει,

### book 3b.1

Ἀχέρων ἄχεα

### book 3b.2

πορθμεύει βροτοῖσιν.

### book 4

Ὕπνος δὲ χαίρων ὀμμάτων αὐγαῖς, ἀναπεπταμένοις ὄσσοις ἐκοίμιζεν κόρον.

## License and provenance

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