Three Homeric Hymns : To Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite

Name: Three Homeric Hymns
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521457743
Price: 5850 KES
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ISBN: 9780521457743

by Nicholas Richardson

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

ISBN-10 0521457742

ISBN-13 9780521457743

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 22nd, 2010

Print length 290 Pages

Weight 370 grams

Dimensions 21.70 x 13.90 x 1.40 cms

Product Classification: Ancient Greece Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

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These delightful narrative poems tell of Apollo's birth and foundation of the Delphic oracle, Hermes' invention of the lyre and theft of Apollo's cattle, and Aphrodite's love affair with Anchises. This edition, designed for upper-level students, helps the reader appreciate them as major works of early Greek poetry.

These lively narrative poems, attributed in antiquity to Homer, are works of great charm. Composed for recitation at festivals in honour of the gods, they tell of Apollo's birth on the island of Delos and his foundation of the Delphic oracle; Hermes' invention of the lyre and theft of his brother Apollo's cattle; and Aphrodite's love affair with the mortal Anchises. This edition offers a new text of these poems. The Introduction discusses among other things the nature and purpose of the poems in general, their origins, their structure and themes. The Commentary brings out the individual character of each Hymn, by analyzing in depth its language and literary qualities, and also its religious and historical aspects. The aim is to make these Hymns more accessible to students of Greek literature, and help them to appreciate the poems more fully as major works of early Greek poetry.

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