translation, commentary, and interpretive essays /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Helene P. Foley
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 297 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Includes a translation, the Greek text, a literary commentary, a discussion of the Eleusinian mysteries and related cults of Demeter, an introductory essay by H.P. Foley, and 5 previously published articles on the poem and related issues
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Text and Translation of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter -- Commentary on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter -- Background: The Eleusinian Mysteries and Women's Rites for Demeter -- Interpreting the Hymn to Demeter -- The "Theology" of the Mysteries -- Variants of the Myth and the Importance of the Version in the Hymn to Demeter -- Female Experience in the Hymn to Demeter -- Marriage -- Gender Conflict and the Cosmological Tradition -- The Mother/Daughter Romance -- The Psychology of the Mysteries -- The Hymn to Demeter and the Polis -- Christianity and the Hymn to Demeter -- The Influence of the Hymn to Demeter and Its Myth
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PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Demeter
Demeter-- In literature
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Homeric hymns
Hymn to Demeter
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Eleusinian mysteries in literature
Hymns, Greek (Classical)-- History and criticism
Hymns, Greek (Classical), Translations into English
Déméter (Divinité grecque) - Poésie
Déméter (Divinité grecque) dans la littérature