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Availability:In StockContributor:Apostolos N. Athanassakis (Translator)Publish date:2020-08-04Pages:144
Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9781421438603ISBN-10:1421438607UPC:9781421438603Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, AncientBook Topic:GreeceWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCE2MHA73Z

The Homeric Hymns

The best-selling, essential, and straightforward translation of the Homeric Hymns, accompanied by an expanded introduction and updated expert notes.

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 a...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9781421438603ISBN-10:1421438607UPC:9781421438603Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, AncientBook Topic:GreeceWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCE2MHA73Z

Apostolos N. Athanassakis is professor emeritus in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he held the Argyropoulos Chair in Hellenic Studies from 2001 to 2011. Among his many translations is Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days, Shield.


Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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3rd Edition

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