The Homeric hymns : a translation, with introduction and notes / Diane J. Rayor.

Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Updated edition.
Published/​Created
  • Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
  • ©2014
Description
xx, 164 pages : 1 map ; 21 cm

Details

Subject(s)
Translator
Series
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature [More in this series]
Summary note
"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 apreciate these literary windows on an ancient world."--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliography (pages 151-158).
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • Dionysos
  • Demeter
  • Apollo
  • Hermes
  • Aphrodite
  • Ares
  • Artemis
  • Athena
  • Hera
  • Mother of the Gods
  • Herakles
  • Asklepios
  • Dioskouroi
  • Pan
  • Hephaistos
  • Poseidon
  • Zeus
  • Hestia
  • The Muses, Apollo, and Zeus
  • Hestia and Hermes
  • Gaia
  • Helios
  • Selene
  • Xenoi.
ISBN
  • 0520282116
  • 9780520282117
OCLC
861955223
RCP
H - S
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