The verses have influenced artists from the Renaissance onwards, from Botticelli to Shelley and Tennyson, Andre Gide and Stravinsky.
Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon.
They recount the key episodes in the lives of the gods, and dramatise the moments when they first appear before mortals.
Together they offer the most vivid picture we have of the Greek view of the relationship between the divine and human worlds.
By:
Homer
Introduction by:
Nicholas Richardson
Translated by:
Jules Cashford
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 196g
ISBN: 9780140437829
ISBN 10: 0140437827
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 03 June 2003
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
The Homeric HymnsIntroduction Further Reading Translator's Note The Homeric Hymns I. Hymn To Dionysos II. Hymn To Demeter III. Hymn To Apollo Delian Apollo Pythian Apollo IV. Hymn To Hermes V. Hymn To Aphrodite VI. Hymn To Aphrodite VII. Hymn To Dionysos VIII. Hymn To Ares IX. Hymn To Artemis X. Hymn To Aphrodite XI. Hymn To Athena XII. Hymn To Hera XIII. Hymn To Demeter XIV. Hymn To The Mother Of The Gods XV. Hymn To Herakles, The Lion-Hearted XVI. Hymn To Asklepios XVII. Hymn To Dioskouroi XVIII. Hymn To Hermes XIX. Hymn To Pan XX. Hymn To Hephaistos XXI. Hymn To Apollo XXII. Hymn To Poseidon XXIII. Hymn To The Son Of Kronos, Most High XXIV. Hymn To Hestia XXV. Hymn To The Muses And Apollo XXVI. Hymn To Dionysos XXVII. Hymn To Artemis XXVIII. Hymn To Athena XXIX. Hymn To Hestia XXX. Hymn To Gaia, Mother Of All XXXI. Hymn To Helios XXXII. Hymn To Selene XXXIII. Hymn To The Dioskouroi Notes
Originally attributed to Homer because of their style and quality, the hymns are now thought to have been written by of a number of different poets of the 7th and 6th centuries BC. Jules Cashford is a writer and lecturer on Mythology. She is the author of The Myth of the Goddess (Arkana, 1991) & The Myth of the Moon (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, forthcoming) Dr Nicholas Richardson is a Fellow in English at Merton College, Oxford
Reviews for The Homeric Hymns
The purest expression of ancient Greek religion we possess. Jules Cashford is attuned to the poetry of the Hymns. (Nigel Spivey, Cambridge University)
