The Homeric Hymns by A N Athanassakis

The Homeric Hymns by A N Athanassakis

What is it about sports that turns otherwise sane people into raving lunatics? Why does winning compel people to tear down goal posts, and losing, to drown themselves in bad keg beer? In short, why do fans care?
In search of answers, Warren St. John seeks out the roving community of RVers who follow the Alabama Crimson Tide from game to game. A movable feast of Weber grills and Igloo coolers, these are hard-core football fans who arrive on Wednesday for Saturday's game: The Reeses, who skipped their own daughter's wedding because it coincided with a Bama game; Ray Pradat, the Episcopal minister who watches the games on a television beside his altar while performing weddings; and John Ed, the wheeling and dealing ticket scalper whose access to good seats gives him power on par with the governor. In no time at all, St. John buys an RV (a $5,500 beater named The Hawg) and joins the caravan for a full football season, chronicling the world of the extreme fan and learning that in the shadow of the stadium, it can all begin to seem strangely normal.
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer is not only a hilarious travel story, but a cultural anthropology of fans that goes a long way toward demystifying the universal urge to take sides and to win.

"A rich source for students of Greek religion, mythology, and thought..[and] also fine poetry. Because this translation is stately, graceful, and close to the original...it will serve its readers' purposes well."'Library Journal' The translation presents clear, smooth, and occasionally stately narrative. The translator displays an knack for selecting colorful and appropriate English words to match the Greek."--'Classical Outlook'

Apostolos N. Athanassakis holds the James and Sarah Argyropoulos Chair in Hellenic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Among his many translations is Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days, Shield, also available from Johns Hopkins.

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ISBN 13	9780801817922
ISBN 10	0801817927
Title	The Homeric Hymns
Author	A N Athanassakis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	1976-09-01
Number of pages	128
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