The Homeric Hymn To Aphrodite And Related Texts

Author : S. Douglas Olson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110260743
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The "Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite" and Related Texts written by S. Douglas Olson and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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’. However, it is also richly and beautifully conceived and narrated, and of enormous importance for the Greek mythology and the history of Greek religion. Olson offers a complete new text of the poem and of ten related ‘minor Hymns’, based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a full critical apparatus; and a translation. The work is completed by a substantial introduction, which treats inter alia the stories of Aeneas, the problem of dating early Greek epic, and the nature of the connections between the Hymn to Aphrodite and the Homeric and Hesiodic poems. Olson furthermore offers a substantial, narratologically-oriented commentary.

Author : Andrew Faulkner
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780191553424
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite written by Andrew Faulkner and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-05-29 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, which tells of the seduction of the shepherd Anchises by the love-goddess Aphrodite, has long been recognized as a masterpiece of early Western literature. This edition is designed as a reference tool to aid scholars and students in their study of the poem. The introduction and commentary deal with points of language appropriate to the specialist or student of Greek, but also with matters of literary interpretation of interest to the non-specialist reader.

Author : Homerus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521451582
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Homeric Hymns written by Homerus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is specifically designed for upper-level students of these major narrative works of early Greek poetry.

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Homeric Hymns written by Andrew Lang and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, which tells of the seduction of the shepherd Anchises by the love-goddess Aphrodite, has long been recognized as a masterpiece of early Western literature. This edition is designed as a reference tool to aid scholars and students in their study of the poem. The introduction and commentary deal with points of language appropriate to the specialist or student of Greek, but also with matters of literary interpretation of interest to the non-specialist reader.

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781979948586
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Homeric Hymns written by Andrew Lang and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, which tells of the seduction of the shepherd Anchises by the love-goddess Aphrodite, has long been recognized as a masterpiece of early Western literature. This edition is designed as a reference tool to aid scholars and students in their study of the poem. The introduction and commentary deal with points of language appropriate to the specialist or student of Greek, but also with matters of literary interpretation of interest to the non-specialist reader.

Author : Homerus
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801879833
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Homeric Hymns written by Homerus and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 over centuries and used by poets to prepare for the singing or recitation of longer portions of the Homeric epics. In his acclaimed translations of the hymns, Apostolos Athanassakis preserves the essential simplicity of the original Greek, offering a straightforward, line-by-line translation that makes no attempts to masquerade or modernize. For this long-awaited new edition, Athanassakis enhances his classic work with a comprehensive index, careful and selective changes in the translations themselves, and numerous additions to the notes which will enrich the reader's experience of these ancient and influential poems.

Author : Gilbert Paul Rose
Publisher : Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite written by Gilbert Paul Rose and published by Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Incorporated. This book was released on 2000 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermediate texts to the direct experience of ancient Greek and Latin literature. They assume that the student will know the basics of grammar and vocabulary and then provide the specific grammatical and lexical notes that a student requires to begin the task of interpretation. Hackett Publishing Company is the exclusive distributor of the Bryn Mawr Commentaries in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

Author : Hesiod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica written by Hesiod and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Diane J. Rayor
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520957822
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Homeric Hymns written by Diane J. Rayor and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 "Homeric" 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.

Author : Thomas William Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Homeric hymns written by Thomas William Allen and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: