The 33 Homeric Hymns are a collection of ancient songs in praise of the Greek gods.
They were attributed to Homer, but were actually composed by various authors between 800 and 300 B.C.
Below is a list of the Homeric Hymns, with links to their full text. The ones to Dionysus, Demeter, and Apollo are very long.
- I. To Dionysus - Dionysus, god of wine
- II. To Demeter - Demeter, goddess of the harvest
- III. To Apollo - Apollo, god of music and the arts
- IV. To Hermes - Hermes, trickster, messenger of the gods
- V. To Aphrodite - Aphrodite, goddess of love
- VI. To Aphrodite
- VII. To Dionysus
- VIII. To Ares - Ares, god of war
- IX. To Artemis - Artemis, goddess of maidens, the hunt
- X. To Aphrodite
- XI. To Athena - Athena, goddess of wisdom
- XII. To Hera - Hera, goddess of marriage and childbearing
- XIII. To Demeter
- XIV. To the Mother of the Gods
- XV. To Heracles the Lion-hearted - Heracles, Zeus's son; a deified hero
- XVI. To Asclepius - Asclepius, god of healing
- XVII. To the Dioscuri - the Dioscuri or divine twins
- XVIII. To Hermes
- XIX. To Pan - Pan, god of nature
- XX. To Hephaestus - Hephaestus, god of the forge
- XXI. To Apollo
- XXII. To Poseidon - Poseidon, god of the sea
- XXIII. To the Son of Cronos, Most High (The "most high" son of Cronos is Zeus)
- XXIV. To Hestia - Hestia, goddess of the hearth
- XXV. To the Muses and Apollo
- XXVI. To Dionysus
- XXVII. To ArtemisTo Artemis
- XXVIII. To Athena
- XXIX. To Hestia
- XXX. To Earth the Mother of All
- XXXI. To Helios - Helios, god of the sun
- XXXII. To Selene- Selene, goddess of the moon
- XXXIII. To the Dioscuri