Three Homeric hymns : to Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite : hymns 3, 4, and 5 / edited by Nicholas Richardson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin classicsPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xiii, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780521451581 (hardback)
  • 0521451582 (hardback)
  • 9780521457743 (pbk.)
  • 0521457742 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Homeric hymns. Selections.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 883/.01 22
LOC classification:
  • PA4023 .H8 2010
Summary: These lively narrative poems, attributed in antiquity to Homer, are works of great charm. Composed for recitation at festivals in honour of the gods, they tell of Apollo's birth on the island of Delos and his foundation of the Delphic oracle; Hermes' invention of the lyre and theft of his brother Apollo's cattle; and Aphrodite's love affair with the mortal Anchises. This edition offers a new text of these oems. The Introduction discusses among other things the nature and purpose of the poems in general, their origins, their structure and themes. The Commentary brings out the individual character of each Hymn, by analyzing in depth its language and literary qualities, and also its religious and historical aspects. The aim is to make these Hymns more accessible to students of Greek literature, and help them to appreciate the poems more fully as major works of early Greek poetry.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-267) and indexes.

These lively narrative poems, attributed in antiquity to Homer, are works of great charm. Composed for recitation at festivals in honour of the gods, they tell of Apollo's birth on the island of Delos and his foundation of the Delphic oracle; Hermes' invention of the lyre and theft of his brother Apollo's cattle; and Aphrodite's love affair with the mortal Anchises. This edition offers a new text of these oems. The Introduction discusses among other things the nature and purpose of the poems in general, their origins, their structure and themes. The Commentary brings out the individual character of each Hymn, by analyzing in depth its language and literary qualities, and also its religious and historical aspects. The aim is to make these Hymns more accessible to students of Greek literature, and help them to appreciate the poems more fully as major works of early Greek poetry.

Greek text ; editorial material in English.

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