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The Homeric Hymns (Paperback, third edition)
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The Homeric Hymns (Paperback, third edition)
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The best-selling, essential, and straightforward translation of the
Homeric Hymns, accompanied by an expanded introduction and updated
expert notes. 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 by various poets over centuries. They were performed at
religious festivals as entertainment meant to stir up enthusiasm
for far more ambitious compositions that followed them, namely the
Iliad and Odyssey. Each of the thirty-three poems is written in
honor of a Greek god or goddess. Together, the hymns provide a
fascinating view into the ancients' view of deities. In this
long-awaited third edition of his acclaimed translations of the
hymns, Apostolos Athanassakis preserves the vigor and the magic of
the ancient text while modernizing traditional renditions of
certain epithets and formulaic phrases. He avoids lengthening or
truncating lines, thereby crafting a symmetrical text, and makes an
effort to keep to an iambic flow without sacrificing accuracy.
Athanassakis enhances his classic work with a new index of names
and topics, updated bibliography, revised genealogical charts, and
careful and selective changes in the translations themselves. An
expanded introduction addresses ancient reception of the hymns.
Numerous additions to the notes, reflecting over twenty-five years
of scholarship, draw on modern anthropological and archaeological
research to explore prominent themes and religious syncretism
within the poems. These materials all enrich the reader's
experience of these ancient and influential poems. A perennial
classroom favorite, The Homeric Hymns embodies thrilling new
visions of antiquity.
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