Note 2519 — THE HOMERIC HYMNS
Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard) Evelyn-White translation
(return) [ Gemoll explains that Hermes, having offered all the meat as sacrifice to the Twelve Gods, remembers that he himself as one of them must be content with the savour instead of the substance of the sacrifice. Can it be that by eating he would have forfeited the position he claimed as one of the Twelve Gods?]