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Subject(s)

• Homeric hymns—Translations into English [Browse]
• Hymns, Greek (Classical)—Translations into English [Browse]
• Gods, Greek—Poetry [Browse]

Translator

• Athanassakis, Apostolos N. [Browse]

Writer of supplementary textual content

• Athanassakis, Apostolos N. [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Summary note

"This is a new edition of the Homeric odes, celebrating the Greek god and goddesses of mythology, which were recited at public festivals in ancient Greece. This English translation of the Homeric hymns outsells the competing translations of the same poems. The translator stays true to the simplicity of language in the original Greek. The third edition features a new introduction that incorporates recent archaeological discoveries and research into syncretism in ancient Greek religion"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Original version

Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press, [1976].

Contents

• Fragments of the Hymn to Dionysos
• To Demeter
• To Apollon
• To Hermes
• To Aphrodite
• To Dionysos
• To Ares
• To Artemis
• To Athena
• To Hera
• To the Mother of the Gods
• To lion-hearted Herakles
• To Asklepios
• To the Dioskouroi
• To Pan
• To Hephaistos
• To Poseidon
• To Zeus
• To Hestia
• To the Muses and Apollon
• To Earth, mother of all
• To Helios
• To Selene
• To guest-friends.

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ISBN

• 9781421438603 (paperback)
• 1421438607 (paperback)

LCCN

2019047582

OCLC

1125282226

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