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Homeric Hymns 3ed

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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 by various poets over centuries. They were performed at religious festivals as entertainment meant to stir up enthusiasm for far more ambitious compositions that followed them, namely the Iliad and Odyssey. Each of the thirty-three poems is written in honor of a Greek god or goddess. Together, the hymns provide a fascinating view into the ancients' view of deities.

In this long-awaited third edition of his acclaimed translations of the hymns, Apostolos Athanassakis preserves the vigor and the magic of the ancient text while modernizing traditional renditions of certain epithets and formulaic phrases. He avoids lengthening or truncating lines, thereby crafting a symmetrical text, and makes an effort to keep to an iambic flow without sacrificing accuracy. Athanassakis enhances his classic work with a new index of names and topics, updated bibliography, revised genealogical charts, and careful and selective changes in the translations themselves. An expanded introduction addresses ancient reception of the hymns. Numerous additions to the notes, reflecting over twenty-five years of scholarship, draw on modern anthropological and archaeological research to explore prominent themes and religious syncretism within the poems. These materials all enrich the reader's experience of these ancient and influential poems.

A perennial classroom favorite, The Homeric Hymns embodies thrilling new visions of antiquity.

Preface Introduction1. Fragments of the Hymn to Dionysos2. To Demeter3. To Apollon4. To Hermes5. To Aphrodite6. To Aphrodite 7. To Dionysos8. To Ares 9. To Artemis 10. To Aphrodite 11. To Athena 12. To Hera 13. To Demeter 14. To the Mother of the Gods 15. To Lion-Hearted Herakles 16. To Asklepios17. To the Dioskouroi 18. To Hermes 19. To Pan 20. To Hephaistos 21. To Apollon 22. To Poseidon 23. To Zeus 24. To Hestia 25. To the Muses and Apollon 26. To Dionysos27. To Artemis28. To Athena 29. To Hestia30. To Earth, Mother of All 31. To Helios 32. To Selene 33. To the Dioskouroi To Guest-FriendsNotesSelect Bibliography Index

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