The Homeric Hymn to Hermes

List of contents

Introduction; Text and translation; Commentary.

About the author

Oliver Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Nottingham. He is the author, with David Raeburn, of The Agamemnon of Aeschylus: A Commentary for Students (2011), and has published on a range of ancient Greek literature.

Summary

An essential point of reference for advanced students and researchers interested in ancient Greek poetry or religion. It contains a new text of the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, an English translation, detailed commentary on points of interest, and an introductory discussion of the poem's origin and significance.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Thomas, Oliver (Christ Church Thomas, Oliver (University of Nottingham) Thomas
• Assisted by: Oliver Thomas (Editor), Oliver (University of Nottingham) Thomas (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781107012042
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01204-2
• No. of pages: 542
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Print on demand; Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries; Cambridge Classical Texts and
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book; Texte: Antike und Mittelalter, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval