"The Homeric Hymns" have survived for two and a half millennia
because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and
religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in
Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events,
competitions, banquets, and festivals. Thirty-four poems that
invoke and celebrate the gods of ancient Greece, the "Homeric
Hymns" raise questions that humanity still struggles with -
questions about our place among others and in the world. 'Homeric'
because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as
Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey", these 'hymns' were created to be
sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane Rayor, which deftly
combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes
alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of
prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous
oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon
Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans,
and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the
underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their
historical and aesthetic context, providing all the information
needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary
windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods,
entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of
key religious rituals and sites, "The Homeric Hymns" should be read
by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient
religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language.
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