The Homeric Hymns - Paperback
by Homer
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Availability:In StockContributor:Homer, Jules Cashford (Translator), Nicholas Richardson (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2003-10-28Pages:174
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140437829ISBN-10:140437827UPC:9780140437829Book Category:Poetry, FictionBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, ClassicsSize:7.78 x 5.08 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.3902Product ID:SC0JP11PR2
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 dramatise the moments when they first appear before mortals. Together they offer the most vivid picture we have of the Greek view of the relationship between the divine and human worlds. For more than...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140437829ISBN-10:140437827UPC:9780140437829Book Category:Poetry, FictionBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, ClassicsSize:7.78 x 5.08 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.3902Product ID:SC0JP11PR2
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...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Homer, Jules Cashford (Translator), Nicholas Richardson (Introduction by)
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