Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Boon to Mortals
Inscriptiones Graecae II² 4473 (composed by Makedonios, from Attica, 1st century BC, excerpt; tr. Emma J. and Ludwig Edelstein):
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Hail, great boon to mankind, most renowned among the demigods, hail, O hail, Paean.
Asclepius, grant those who hymn your wisdom forever to abound
in life with delightsome Hygieia, hail, Paean.
May you safeguard the Attic city of Cecrops, ever visiting it, hail, Paean.
Be gentle, blessed one, and ward off loathsome diseases, hail, O hail, Paean.
χαῖρε, βροτοῖς μέγ' ὄνειαρ, δαῖμον κλεινότατε, ἰὲ ὦ ἰὲ Παιάν.
Ἀσκληπιέ, σὴν δὲ δίδου σοφίαν ὑμνοῦντας ἐς αἰεὶ θάλλειν
ἐν βιοτῇ σὺν τερπνοτάτῃ Ὑγιείᾳ, ἰὴ Παιάν.
σώζοις δ' Ἀτθίδα Κεκροπίαν πόλιν αἰὲν ἐπερχόμενος, ἰὲ Παιάν.
ἤπιος ἔσσο, μάκαρ, στυγερὰς δ' ἀπέρυκε νούσους, ἰὲ ὦ ἰὲ Παιάν.
