[66] εὐώδεα: all Cyprus is filled with the fragrance of the goddess. The epithet, as Gemoll notes, is suggested by Il. 14.173 f., where the smell of the oil, with which Hera anoints herself, reaches heaven and earth.
68=Il. 8.47 (“ἵκανεν”) and Il. 14.283 (“ἱκέσθην”); the latter verse was probably in the poet's mind, as 67=Il. 14.282. μητέρα θηρῶν: cf. “μητέρα μήλων Β 696, Ι 479, Α” 222, h. Pan 30.This text is part of:
The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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