Traditional Themes and the Homeric Hymns

Traditional Themes and the Homeric Hymns
Author: Cora Angier Sowa
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1984
Genre: Epic poetry, Greek
ISBN: 0865160376

A thorough analysis of the mechanics of the language of Homer as used in the Iliad and the Odyssey.

The Homeric Hymns

The Homeric Hymns
Author: Homer
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2003-04-24
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0141911174

Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. They recount the key episodes in the lives of the gods, and dramatise the moments when they first appear before mortals. Together they offer the most vivid picture we have of the Greek view of the relationship between the divine and human worlds.

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Author: Helene P. Foley
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780691014791

The Homeric Hymn 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 the Hymn's structure and artistry, its role in the religious life of the ancient world, and its meaning for the modern world.

The Cambridge Guide to Homer

The Cambridge Guide to Homer
Author: Corinne Ondine Pache
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 974
Release: 2020-03-05
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1108663621

From its ancient incarnation as a song to recent translations in modern languages, Homeric epic remains an abiding source of inspiration for both scholars and artists that transcends temporal and linguistic boundaries. The Cambridge Guide to Homer examines the influence and meaning of Homeric poetry from its earliest form as ancient Greek song to its current status in world literature, presenting the information in a synthetic manner that allows the reader to gain an understanding of the different strands of Homeric studies. The volume is structured around three main themes: Homeric Song and Text; the Homeric World, and Homer in the World. Each section starts with a series of 'macropedia' essays arranged thematically that are accompanied by shorter complementary 'micropedia' articles. The Cambridge Guide to Homer thus traces the many routes taken by Homeric epic in the ancient world and its continuing relevance in different periods and cultures.

Three Homeric Hymns

Three Homeric Hymns
Author: Homerus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2010-04-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521451582

This book is specifically designed for upper-level students of these major narrative works of early Greek poetry.

The Homeric Hymns

The Homeric Hymns
Author: Diane J. Rayor
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2014-03-14
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0520957822

The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with—questions about our place among others and in the world. Known as "Homeric" because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans, and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries. This updated edition incorporates twenty-eight new lines in the first Hymn to Dionysos, along with expanded notes, a new preface, and an enhanced bibliography. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing the information needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods, entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of key religious rituals and sites, the Homeric Hymns should be read by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language.

The Politics of Olympus

The Politics of Olympus
Author: Jenny Strauss Clay
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2006-05-26
Genre: History
ISBN:

An edition of "The Politics of Olympus", first published in the USA in 1989.

Homer's Hymn to Ceres

Homer's Hymn to Ceres
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1781
Genre: Tablet computers
ISBN:

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