---
title: Hymn to Hygieia and Sleep
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Licymnius of Chios
eul_wid: dzm-aa
eul_aid: dzm
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/licymnius-chios-hymn-hygieia-sleep-dzm-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Doric (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Hymn to Hygieia and Sleep

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Licymnius of Chios

**eul_wid:** `dzm-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/licymnius-chios-hymn-hygieia-sleep-dzm-aa)

## 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.

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