---
title: Hymn 15 To Heracles
title_greek: Ὕμνος εἰς Ἡρακλέα τὸν λέοντα
author: Hymnic Collection  Anonymous
eul_wid: upu-aa
eul_aid: upu
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hymnic-anon-hercules-upu-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Hymn 15 To Heracles

*Ὕμνος εἰς Ἡρακλέα τὸν λέοντα*

**Author:** Hymnic Collection  Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `upu-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hymnic-anon-hercules-upu-aa)

## Text

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Ἡρακλέα Διὸς υἱὸν ἀείσομαι, ὃν μέγ’ ἄριστον γείνατ’ ἐπιχθονίων Θήβῃς ἔνι καλλιχόροισιν Ἀλκμήνη μιχθεῖσα κελαινεφέϊ Κρονίωνι· ὃς πρὶν μὲν κατὰ γαῖαν ἀθέσφατον ἠδὲ θάλασσαν πλαζόμενος πομπῇσιν ὕπ’ Εὐρυσθῆος ἄνακτος πολλὰ μὲν αὐτὸς ἔρεξεν ἀτάσθαλα, πολλὰ δ’ ἀνέτλη· νῦν δ’ ἤδη κατὰ καλὸν ἕδος νιφόεντος Ὀλύμπου ναίει τερπόμενος καὶ ἔχει καλλίσφυρον Ἥβην Χαῖρε ἄναξ Διὸς υἱέ· δίδου δ’ ἀρετήν τε καὶ ὄλβον.

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