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The Homeric Hymns

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The Homeric Hymns

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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 dramatize 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.

Author Biography

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
Release date NZ
April 24th, 2003
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributors
  • Introduction by Nicholas Richardson
  • Translated by Jules Cashford
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
notes, bibliography
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Pages
224
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
130x199x13
ISBN-13
9780140437829
Product ID
1720351

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