Homeric Hymns

Name: Homeric Hymns
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ISBN: 9780192802408

ISBN-10: 0192802402

ISBN-13: 9780192802408

Edition: 2002

Authors: Michael Crudden

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'With fair-tressed Demeter, the sacred goddess, my song begins,With herself and her slim-ankled daughter, whom Aidoneus onceAbducted...'Most people are familiar, at least by repute, with the two great epics of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey, but few are aware that other poems survive that were attributed to Homer in ancient times. The Homeric Hymns are now known to be the work of various poets working in the same tradition, probably during the seventh and sixth centuries BC. They honour the Greek gods, and recount some of the most attractive of the Greek myths. Four of them (Hymns 2-5)stand out by reason of their length and quality. The Hymn to Demeter tells what happened when Hades, lord…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/29/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



Introduction



Background



Structure



The Long Hymns



The Hymns and Humans


Note on the Translation


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To Dionysos



To Demeter



To Apollo



To Hermes



To Aphrodite



To Aphrodite



To Dionysos



To Ares



To Artemis



To Aphrodite



To Athena



To Hera



To Demeter



To the Mother of the Gods



To Herakles the Lionheart



To Asklepios



To the Sons of Zeus



To Hermes



To Pan



To Hephaistos



To Apollo



To Poseidon



To Zeus



To Hestia



To the Muses, Apollo, and Zeus



To Dionysos



To Artemis



To Athena



To Hestia



To Earth the Mother of All



To the Sun



To Selene



To the Sons of Zeus


To Hosts


Explanatory Notes


Glossary of Names