Homeric Hymn to Demeter Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays

Name: Homeric Hymn to Demeter Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays
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ISBN: 9780691014791

ISBN-10: 0691014795

ISBN-13: 9780691014791

Edition: 1994

Authors: Helene P. Foley

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The HomericHymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Helene Foley presents the Greek text and an annotated translation of this poem, together with selected essays that give the reader a rich understanding of theHymn's structure and artistry, its role in the religious life of the ancient world, and its meaning for the modern world.

Book details

List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/19/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.06" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface and Acknowledgments



The Text and Translation, Commentary, and Background


Text and Translation of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter


Commentary on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter


Background: The Eleusinian Mysteries and Women's Rites for Demeter



Interpretive Essay on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter


Interpreting the Hymn to Demeter


The "Theology" Of the Mysteries


Variants of the Myth and the Importance of the Version in the Hymn to Demeter


Female Experience in the Hymn to Demeter


Marriage


Gender Conflict and the Cosmological Tradition


The Mother/Daughter Romance


The Psychology of the Mysteries


The Hymn to Demeter and the Polis


Christianity and the Hymn to Demeter


The Influence of the Hymn to Demeter and Its Myth


App. Eleusis and Athens


App. The Hymn to Demeter as a Panhellenic Poem



Further Interpretation: Contributed Articles


Withdrawal and Return: An Epic Story Pattern in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter and in the Homeric Poems


Some Functions of the Demophoon Episode in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter


Concerning the Homeric Hymn to Demeter


Politics and Pomegranates: An Interpretation of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter


Family Structure and Feminine Personality


Bibliography


Index Locorum


General Index