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Title: |
The Homeric Hymns |
| Series: |
Focus Classical Library |
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| Edited and translated by: |
Susan C. Shelmerdine |
| ISBN10-13: |
1585100196 : 9781585100194 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
215.9x139.7mm |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Weight: |
.229 Kg. |
| Published: |
Focus - July 2000 |
| List Price: |
15.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Poetry : Poetry by individual poets : Ancient Greece |
The Focus Classical Library is dedicated to providing modern students with the best of Classical literature in contemporary translations with notes and introductions to provide access to the culture and context at the roots of contemporary thought.â ...an exemplary work: an admirable translation combined with up-to-date scholarship in full and lucid notes and introduction.â â Tom Clayton, University of Minnesota |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface ix List of Illustrations xii General Introduction 1 Chronological Table 11 Genealogical Chart 12 Map 1 Greece and the Aegean Islands 13 Map 2 Mainland Greece 14 Vase Paintings with Mythological Themes 15 Hymns: 1. Hymn to Dionysos 27 2. Hymn to Demeter Introduction 29 Hymn 33 3. Hymn to Apollo Introduction 59 Hymn 62 4. Hymn to Hermes Introduction 91 Hymn 94 5. Hymn to Aphrodite Introduction 123 Hymn 126 6. Hymn to Aphrodite 140 7. Hymn to Dionysos 141 8. Hymn to Ares 144 9. Hymn to Artemis 146 10. Hymn to Aphrodite 147 11. Hymn to Athena 147 12. Hymn to Hera 148 13. Hymn to Demeter 148 14. Hymn to the Mother of the Gods 149 15. Hymn to Herakles the Lion-Hearted 150 16. Hymn to Asklepios 151 17. Hymn to the Dioskouroi 152 18. Hymn to Hermes 152 19. Hymn to Pan 153 20. Hymn to Hephaistos 155 21. Hymn to Apollo 156 22. Hymn to Poseidon 156 23. Hymn to Zeus 157 24. Hymn to Hestia 157 25. Hymn to the Muses and Apollo 158 26. Hymn to Dionysos 158 27. Hymn to Artemis 159 28. Hymn to Athena 160 29. Hymn to Hestia 161 30. Hymn to Earth, Mother of All 162 31. Hymn to Helios 163 32. Hymn to Selene 164 33. Hymn to the Dioskouroi 165 34. Hymn to Guest-Friends 167 Pronunciation Guide 168 Suggestions For Further Reading 171 Index 173 |
| Reviews: |
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"...an exemplary work: an admirable translation combined with up-to-date scholarship in full and lucid notes and introduction." —Tom Clayton, University of Minnesota
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