---
title: Fragments of Hymns
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα Ὕμνων
author: Bacchylides of Ceos
eul_wid: brw-af
eul_aid: brw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/bacchylides-ceos-hymns-fragments-brw-af"
period: Classical
dialect: Doric
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments of Hymns

*Ἀποσπάσματα Ὕμνων*

**Author:** Bacchylides of Ceos

**eul_wid:** `brw-af` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/bacchylides-ceos-hymns-fragments-brw-af)

## Text

### book 1

[ln_1]ὀρνυ[ ] Λοξίᾱ[ ]

### book 2

[ln_1]Ἑκάτα[ δαϊδοφόρε] ταν ἱε[ρ] Νυκτὸς μεγαλοκόλπου θύγατερ σὺ κα[ ][ln_5]βα.[ ]

### book 3

Αἰαῖ τέκος ἁμέτερον, μεῖζον ἢ πενθεῖν ἐφάνη κακόν, ἀφθέγκτοισιν ἶσον.

### book 4

Κελεός

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