Homeric Hymns

Zusatztext The translation itself is highly readable ... It is the triumph of the English language and of Crudden's ingenious usage of it that he has succeeded in squeezing such a different version out of almost every line. Informationen zum Autor Head of Classics, Alexandra College, Dublin. Klappentext The Homeric Hymns honor the Greek gods. Once attributed to Homer, it is now accepted that the hymns were composed by later poets working in the same tradition, probably during the seventh and sixth centuries BC. This volume offers a new faithful verse translation of all the hymns, Explanatory Notes, and a Glossary of Names. Zusammenfassung The Homeric Hymns honour the Greek gods. They are called 'Homeric' because the ancients attributed them to Homer; it is accepted that they were composed by later poets working in the same tradition. This volume offers a faithful verse translation of all the hymns, Explanatory Notes, and a Glossary of Names.

Product details

• Assisted by: Michael Crudden (Translation), Michael (Head of Classics Crudden (Translation), Crudden Michael (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.2001
• EAN: 9780199240258
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924025-8
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Oxford World's Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY / General, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets