---
title: Hymn to Vesta
title_greek: Ὕμνος πρὸς Ἑστίαν
author: Aristonous of Corinth
eul_wid: lou-ab
eul_aid: lou
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/aristonous-corinth-hymn-vesta-lou-ab"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Literary Doric
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Hymn to Vesta

*Ὕμνος πρὸς Ἑστίαν*

**Author:** Aristonous of Corinth

**eul_wid:** `lou-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristonous-corinth-hymn-vesta-lou-ab)

## Text

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Ἱερὰν ἱερῶν ἄνασσαν Ἑστίαν ὑμνήσομεν, ἃ καὶ Ὄλυμπον καὶ μυχὸν γαίας μεσόμφαλον ἀεὶ Πυθίαν τε δάφναν κατέχουσα ναὸν ἀν’ ὑψίπυλον Φοίβου χορεύεις τερπομένα τριπόδων θεσπίσμασι, καὶ χρυσέαν φόρμιγγ’ Ἀπόλλων ὁπηνίκ’ ἂν ἑπτάτονον κρέκων μετὰ σοῦ θαλιάζον‐ τας θεοὺς ὕμνοισιν αὔξῃ. Χαῖρε Κρόνου θύγατερ καὶ Ῥέας, μούνα πυρὸς ἀμφιέπουσα βωμοὺς ἀθανάτων ἐριτίμους, Ἑστία, δίδου δ’ ἀμοιβὰς ἐξ ὁσίων πολὺν ἡμᾶς ὄλβον ἔχοντας ἀεὶ λιπαρόθρονον ἀμφὶ σὰν θυμέλαν χορεύειν.

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