Homeric Hymn to Demeter - Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays

About the author

Edited by Helene P. Foley

Summary

Includes a poem that tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year.

Product details

• Authors: Helene P. Foley
• Assisted by: Helene P. Foley (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.1993
• EAN: 9780691014791
• ISBN: 978-0-691-01479-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Bollingen Series; Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets