: to Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite : hymns 3, 4, and 5
نام نخستين پديدآور
/ edited by Nicholas Richardson.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
; New York
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
: Cambridge University Press
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
, 2010.
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
xiii, 272 p.
ساير جزييات
: ill., maps
ابعاد
; 23 cm.
فروست
عنوان فروست
Cambridge Greek and Latin classics
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-267) and indexes.
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
These lively narrative poems, attributed in antiquity to Homer, are works of great charm. Composed for recitation at festivals in honour of the gods, they tell of Apollo's birth on the island of Delos and his foundation of the Delphic oracle; Hermes' invention of the lyre and theft of his brother Apollo's cattle; and Aphrodite's love affair with the mortal Anchises. This edition offers a new text of these oems. The Introduction discusses among other things the nature and purpose of the poems in general, their origins, their structure and themes. The Commentary brings out the individual character of each Hymn, by analyzing in depth its language and literary qualities, and also its religious and historical aspects. The aim is to make these Hymns more accessible to students of Greek literature, and help them to appreciate the poems more fully as major works of early Greek poetry.