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  1. Homeric hymns

    Indianapolis, Ind. : Hackett Pub. Co., c2005.

    Poet and translator Sarah Ruden offers a sparkling new translation of one of our prime sources for archaic Greek mythology, ritual, cosmology, and psychology. 'Some say that you were born, O Stitched-In god, ; At windy Icarus or Draconum; Or Naxos or the deep-whirled Alpheus river; To Semele and Zeus who loves the thunder.; Others, my lord, claim Thebes was your beginning; Liars. Far off from men, creation's father; Engendered you unknown to white-armed Hera...

  2. The Homeric hymns

    Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.

    "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. Thirty-four poems that invoke and celebrate the gods of ancient Greece, the "Homeric Hymns" raise questions that humanity still struggles with - questions about our place among others and in the world. '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 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. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing all 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.

  3. The homeric hymns

    2nd ed. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2004.

    A rich source for students of Greek mythology and literature, the Homeric hymns are also fine poetry. Attributed by the ancients to Homer, these prooimia, or preludes, were actually composed over centuries and used by poets to prepare for the singing or recitation of longer portions of the Homeric epics. In his acclaimed translations of the hymns, Apostolos Athanassakis preserves the essential simplicity of the original Greek, offering a straightforward, line-by-line translation that makes no attempts to masquerade or modernize. For this long-awaited new edition, Athanassakis enhances his classic work with a comprehensive index, careful and selective changes in the translations themselves, and numerous additions to the notes which will enrich the reader's experience of these ancient and influential poems. Praise for the first edition: "There exists no modern, readable translation done with scholarly notes to help the reader see all the historical, religious, cultic, and cultural significance of the hymns for ancient Greece. The author succeeds admirably in reaching this goal."--Joseph Russo, Haverford College.

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