The Homeric Hymns (Esprios Classics) by Andrew Lang

The Homeric Hymns (Esprios Classics) by Andrew Lang

The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with-questions about our place among others and in the world.

Known as Homeric because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans, and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

This updated edition incorporates twenty-eight new lines in the first Hymn to Dionysos, along with expanded notes, a new preface, and an enhanced bibliography. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing the information needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods, entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of key religious rituals and sites, the Homeric Hymns should be read by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language.

Dr. Mary Alice Trent, a native of the USA, earned her PhD. in Rhetoric and Composition Studies, Linguistics, Early American, and British Literature from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1995 and is Professor of English at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK (USA). Along with poetry, story, and scholarly journal publications, her book credits include Ethics in the 21st Century America and Religion, Culture, Curriculum, and Diversity in 21st Century America (co-edited). Along with presenting and chairing sessions at over 38 regional, national and international conferences, she has traveled and written in eleven Western European countries. Co-Editors Dr. Trevor Grizzle is Professor of Graduate Theology at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK (USA). He is Founder and Pastor of Hope International Ministries, and he has presented papers and conducted mission trips across the United States and around the world. Dr. Andrew Lang is a Professor of Mathematics at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK (USA). Born in the UK he read mathematical physics at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He has lived in the US since 1992, receiving his PhD in mathematics from the University of Missouri in 1998. Dr. Elsa Rogers, a native of Trinidad, earned her PhD. in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and is the Chair of Liberal Arts and Applied Psychology at Hodges University in Fort Myers, Florida (USA). She has written and presented papers at regional and national conferences in the areas of language and literature.

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ISBN 13	9781006824425
ISBN 10	1006824421
Title	The Homeric Hymns (Esprios Classics)
Author	Andrew Lang
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Blurb
Year published	2024-08-23
Number of pages	118
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