The "Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite" and Related Texts (eBook)

Text, Translation and Commentary

S. Douglas Olson (Autor)

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2012
341 Seiten
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-026074-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (600s BCE?) tells the story of a brief encounter between the goddess of love and the cowherd Anchises, which led to the birth of the Trojan hero Aeneas. Less than 300 lines long, it is among the shortest of the so-called 'major Homeric Hymns', but is nonetheless
richly and beautifully conceived and narrated.

This book offers a complete text of the poem and of nine related 'minor Hymns', based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts. Also offered are a translation; a substantial introduction, which treats inter alia the problem of dating early Greek epic poetry; and a narratologically-oriented commentary.

S. Douglas Olson, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Autor

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S. Douglas Olson, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Inhalt

Preface 7
Abbreviations and Sigla 13
Introduction 15
1. Anchises, Aeneas, and the Aeneidae 15
2. Date of Composition 24
3. Poetic Affiliations of the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 30
4. Aphrodite and Sexuality 42
5. The Metrics of the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 48
6. Textual Transmission 56
Critical Text and Translation 67
Hymn 5: To Aphrodite 68
Hymn 6: To Aphrodite 118
Hymn 9: To Artemis 122
Hymn 10: To Aphrodite 124
Hymn 11: To Athena 126
Hymn 12: To Hera 128
Hymn 24: To Hestia 130
Hymn 27: To Artemis 132
Hymn 28: To Athena 136
Hymn 29: To Hestia 140
Commentary 143
Hymn 5: To Aphrodite 143
Hymn 6: To Aphrodite 293
Hymn 9: To Artemis 301
Hymn 10: To Aphrodite 305
Hymn 11: To Athena 309
Hymn 12: To Hera 311
Hymn 24: To Hestia 313
Hymn 27: To Artemis 317
Hymn 28: To Athena 325
Hymn 29: To Hestia 331
Bibliography 335
Index 341

Rezensionen

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"In summary, this work will prove useful for students of early Greek epic, not least in actually presenting the minor Hymns with commentary."
Adrian Kelly in: BMCR 2013.09.23

"The general balance is that this work is useful because it provides a fresh look at an important text which has only recently begun to receive the attention it deserves."
Cecilia Nobili in: Gnomon Bd. 86, 2014

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.7.2012
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
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• Reihe/Serie: Texte und Kommentare
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• Verlagsort: Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Latein / Altgriechisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Aphrodite • Dichtung • Greek • Griechisch • Homeric • homerisch • Hymnen • Hymns • Poetry
• ISBN-10: 3-11-026074-3 / 3110260743
• ISBN-13: 978-3-11-026074-8 / 9783110260748