HOMERIC HYMNS by VERMES, GEZA (PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD) ISBN 0192802402
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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. This text translates four such hymns now known to be the work of various poets.
The Homeric Hymns honour the Greek gods. They are called 'Homeric' because the ancients attributed them to Homer; it is now accepted that they were composed by later poets working in the same tradition. Four of them stand out by reason of their length and quality: Hymns 2-5, in honour of Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite respectively. This volume offers a faithful verse translation of all the hymns, Explanatory Notes, and a Glossary of Names. 'With fair-tressed Demeter, the sacred goddess, my song begins, With herself and her slim-ankled daughter, whom Aidoneus once Abducted...' 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 of the dead, abducted Persephone, Demeter's daughter. The Hymn to Apollo describes Apollo's birth and the foundation of his Delphic oracle. In the Hymn to Hermes Apollo's cattle are stolen by a felonious infant - Hermes, god of thieves. In the Hymn to Aphrodite the goddess of love herself becomes infatuated with a mortal man, the Trojan prince Ankhises.
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[edit] Title
HOMERIC HYMNS
[edit] Author
VERMES, GEZA (PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)
[edit] ISBN
0192802402
[edit] Published
20/06/2002
[edit] Publisher
Oxford University Press
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paperback
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7.99 (GBP)
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