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Homeric Hymns
Homeric Hymns , name applied to a body of 34 hexameter poems falsely attributed to Homer by the ancients. Composed probably between 800 and 300 BC, they are complimentary verses addressed to the various gods, such as Aphrodite, Apollo, Demeter, and Hermes. Although sometimes of great beauty, they... Read more |
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Homer
Homer principal figure of ancient Greek literature; the first European poet. Works, Life, and Legends Two epic poems are attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They are composed in a literary type of Greek, Ionic in basis with Aeolic admixtures. Ranked among the great works of Western... Read more |
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ancient Greek literature
ancient Greek literature the writings of the ancient Greeks. The Greek Isles are recognized as the birthplace of Western intellectual life. Early Writings The earliest extant European literary works are the Iliad and the Odyssey, both written in ancient Greek probably before 700 BC, and... Read more |
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William Cowper
William Cowper , 1731-1800, English poet. Physically and emotionally unfit for the professional life, he was admitted to the bar but never practiced. After a battle with insanity, Cowper retired to the country, taking refuge with the family of Mrs. Mary Unwin, whose life-long devotion to him he... Read more |
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Homeric Hymns
Homeric Hymns, of unknown authorship and various dates, are ancient Greek hymns, addressed to various deities and recounting legends relating to them. The hymns were composed by various poets (not including... |
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paean
paean a song of praise or thanksgiving. Recorded from the late 16th century, the word comes via Latin from Greek paian ‘hymn of thanksgiving to Apollo’ (evoked by the name Paian, originally the Homeric name for the physician of the gods). |
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Out of the Shadows: New Translations of the Homeric Hymns
...Shadows: New Translations of the Homeric Hymns Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica. Translated...others choose to divide the Hymn to Apollo (III) into its Delian...collectively known as the Homeric Hymns ... |
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Rape, marriage or death?: gender perspectives in the Homeric 'Hymn to Demeter.'
...androcentric: bias. An important exception is the Homeric Hymn to Demeter of the 7th or 6th century B.C., in...the feminine. As Foley says, "in contrast to the Homeric epics, the Hymn puts female experience at the center of the narrative... |
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Greek Myths and Mesopotamia: Parallels and Influence in the Homeric Hymns and...
...review uses particularly the Homeric Hymns, though Hesiod and other...technique is applied to the Homeric Hymns. In the Hymn to Delian Apollo, Leto wanders...that he had been reading the Homeric Hymns or ... |
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Homeric hymns.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
0872207269 Homeric hymns. Trans. by Sarah Ruden. Hackett Publishing Co. 2005 104 pages $29.95 Hardcover PA4025 Poet and translator Ruden presents... |
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The politics of Olympus; form and meaning in the major Homeric hymns, 2d...
...The politics of Olympus; form and meaning in the major Homeric hymns, 2d ed. Clay, Jenny Strauss. Bristol Classical Press...Clay (classics, U. of Virginia) shows how the longer Hymns can be considered a separate genre of early hexameter... |
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The Homeric Hymns. New translation by Michael Crudden. Oxford World's...
In purely poetic terms, these 33 hymns are uneven in quality, to say the least. Some are downright...reaped havoc among their subjects, the humans. Best is 'Hymn to Hermes', addressing the "glorious" thief who seldom...glossary of names. Valiantly as he tries to enliven these ... |
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A Homeric odyssey in modern Athens?: Zeus worshippers demand access to closed...
...newspaper, citing the group's application to the Culture Ministry to use the site, said the 90-minute event would include hymns, dancers, torchbearers and worshippers in ancient costumes. Greece's archaic religion is believed to have several hundred... |
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Johan C. Thom, Cleanthes' Hymn to Zeus. Text, Translation, and Commentary.
...Johan C. Thom, Cleanthes' Hymn to Zeus. Text, Translation...ISBN 3-16-148660-9. The hymn addressed to Zeus composed by...Despite its brevity, the hymn is rightly regarded as a text...Parmenides here, and more that is Homeric, Hesiodic, or Aeschylean... |
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The Rhetoric of Prayer in Sappho's "Hymn to Aphrodite".(Critical Essay)
...discussions of Sappho's "Hymn to Aphrodite" (1 LP) with...changeableness at the start of the hymn, Sappho signals to her that...goddess "born of foam," but the Homeric Aphrodite, who was a somewhat...although not found in Homer, is Homeric in flavor: it co |
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UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND'S WOMEN STUDIES PROGRAM ANNOUNCES SPRING...
...Tuesday, March 21: A Hymn for the Ladies: The Female Poet of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. URI Women...philology with a specialty in Homeric studies. She is the author...Pomegranate: an Archaeology of the Homeric Hymn to ... |
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