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The Homeric Hymns
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The Homeric Hymns
Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. They recount the key episodes in the lives of the gods and dramatize the moments when they first appear before mortals.
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Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. They recount the key episodes in the lives of the gods and dramatise the moments when they first appear before mortals.
Together, they offer a vivid picture of the Greek view of the relationship between the divine and human worlds.
The Homeric Hymns provides an unparalleled insight into the ancient Greeks’ reverence for their deities and the stories that shaped their cultural and spiritual landscape.
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The Homeric Hymns is praised for being a quintessential expression of ancient Greek religion. The review highlights how translator Jules Cashford captures the poetic essence of the hymns.
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ISBN: 9780140437829
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 April 2003
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Introduction by Nicholas Richardson
- Translated by Jules Cashford
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 169g
Pages: 224
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About the Author
Originally attributed to Homer because of their style and quality, the hymns are now thought to have been written by of a number of different poets of the 7th and 6th centuries BC. Jules Cashford is a writer and lecturer on Mythology. She is the author of The Myth of the Goddess (Arkana, 1991) & The Myth of the Moon (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, forthcoming) Dr Nicholas Richardson is a Fellow in English at Merton College, Oxford
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