Screen LibraryThe "homeric hymn to aphrodite" and related texts : text, translation and commentary /
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 a...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin : |
| Publication Dates: | [2012] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Texte und kommentare ;
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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. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (341pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110260748（electronic bk.） |
| Index Number: | PA4023 |
| CLC: | I545.072 |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations and Sigla -- Introduction -- Critical Text and Translation -- Hymn 5: To Aphrodite -- Hymn 6: To Aphrodite -- Hymn 9: To Artemis -- Hymn 10: To Aphrodite -- Hymn 11: To Athena -- Hymn 12: To Hera -- Hymn 24: To Hestia -- Hymn 27: To Artemis -- Hymn 28: To Athena -- Hymn 29: To Hestia -- Commentary -- Bibliography -- Index |