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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN num: 9781585100194
ISBN number: 1585100196
Label: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company
Manufacturer: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 180
Printing Date: March 03, 1995
Publishing house: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company
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English translation of all the hymns, with introduction, notes, maps, illustration, notes, maps, illustrations, suggested readings.
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The book was in perfect condition and arrived before I knew it! I needed it for a class so it was good to get it quickly!
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You really should consider other options than this particular translation. The only buyers of this book are the students she requires to buy it. Just something to put on a CV and claim sales that she generated by requiring everyone teaching a mythology course in her department (she is the department head) to put her book on the required reading lists. You're not missing anything at all by saving yourself some money and fine a free copy of the work. After all, it's a few thousand years old and I doubt homer is losing his cut of the proceeds.
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In ancient Greece, a hymn was a song of praise to a god--but it could also tell a rousing story, like the infant Hermes stealing his brother Apollo's cattle, or Aphrodite seducing the Trojan prince Anchises on Mt. Ida.
Professor Susan Shelmerdine's translation of the Homeric Hymns is an ideal introduction to these 33 hymns dedicated to the various Olympian gods. In clear, lively prose, she explains the hymns' literary tradition, myth sources, and forms. In easy-to-acess on-the-page footnotes, she explains the relevant background that makes the hymns clear and easy to understand. But what makes her translation first-rate is that the poems are written in a clear, engaging voice that is both true to ancient Greek stylistics and yet sounds as contemporary as today. For example, this description of the abduction of Persephone by Hades:
"But the wide-pathed ground gaped open
along the Plain of Nysa, where the lord who receives many [Hades} sprang out
with his immortal horses, the son of Kronos, worshipped under many names.
He seized her against her will and on his golden chariot
carried her off wailing. And she cried aloud with a shrill voice,
But no one either of the gods or mortal men
heard her cry, not even the olives with their splendid fruit."
In addition, the book provides pictures of the gods taken from ancient Greek art, genealogy charts, and relevant maps. If you are taking a mythology class or just want an authentic introduction to stories of the ancient Greek gods, Susan Shelmerdine's Homeric Hymns is an excellent place to start.
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