The Homeric Hymns (eBook)

A Translation, with Introduction and Notes

Diane J. Rayor (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
192 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-95782-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with-questions about our place among others and in the world. Known as "e;Homeric"e; because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans, and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries. This updated edition incorporates twenty-eight new lines in the first Hymn to Dionysos, along with expanded notes, a new preface, and an enhanced bibliography. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing the information needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods, entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of key religious rituals and sites, the Homeric Hymns should be read by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language.

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgements
Map

Introduction
1. Dionysos
2. Demeter
3. Apollo
4. Hermes
5. Aphrodite
6. Aphrodite
7. Dionysos
8. Ares
9. Artemis
10. Aphrodite
11. Athena
12. Hera
13. Demeter
14. Mother of the Gods
15. Herakles
16. Asklepios
17. Dioskouroi
18. Hermes
19. Pan
20. Hephaistos
21. Apollo
22. Poseidon
23. Zeus
24. Hestia
25. The Muses, Apollo, and Zeus
26. Dionysos
27. Artemis
28. Athena
29. Hestia and Hermes
30. Gaia
31. Helios
32. Selene
33. Dioskouroi
34. Xenoi

Notes
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Glossary

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: ancient greek hymns • ancient literature • Ancient Religion • Antiquity • Aphrodite • Apollo • Ares • Artemis • Asclepius • Athena • celebrating the gods • dactylic hexameter • Demeter • Dionysus • Dioscuri • gaia • Greece • greek book literature • Greek gods • Greek language • Greek Literature • Greek Mythology • Helios • hephaestus • HERA • Heracles • Hermes • hestia • historical context • Homeric • Hymns • Literature • Mythology • Pan • Persephone • Poetry • Poseidon • Religion • Selene • the Iliad • The Muses • the odyssey • translated poetry • Zeus
• ISBN-10: 0-520-95782-2 / 0520957822
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-95782-4 / 9780520957824