The Politics of Olympus - Form and Meaning in the Major Homeric Hymns

Zusatztext This is by far the best book that has been written on this important body of poetry. Informationen zum Autor Jenny Strauss Clay is Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia, USA and the author of The Wrath of Athena: Gods and Men in the Odyssey (1996) and Hesiod’s Cosmos (2003). 'This important and ground-breaking book provides a systematic and convincing reading of these four fascinating poems as a group, and in relation to the epics of Homer and the Theogony of Hesiod. Clay's expert and highly original analysis of the poems' narrative and thematic patterns succeeds brilliantly in demonstrating not only the unexpected subtlety and coherence of each Hymn, but also the ways in which they work in combination to provide an over-arching Greek world-view. This is by far the best book that has been written on this important body of poetry.' -- Mark Griffith, University of California, Berkeley Vorwort A systematic reading of these four fascinating Homeric poems, in relation to the epics of Homer and the Theogony of Hesiod, includes new preface introduction and bibliography Zusammenfassung An edition of "The Politics of Olympus", first published in the USA in 1989. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and bibliography to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Hymn to Apollo2. Hymn to Hermes3. Hymn to Aphrodite4. Hymn to DemeterConclusion: the Hymnic MomentBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Strauss Clay, Clay Jenny Strauss, Jenny Strauss Clay
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2006
• EAN: 9781853996924
• ISBN: 978-1-85399-692-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 2 mm
• Series: BCPaperbacks; BC Paperbacks Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets