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The Homeric Hymns Paperback – 3 June 2003

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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.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0140437827
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    978-0140437829
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Penguin
  5. Publication date
    3 June 2003
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    19.76 x 12.9 x 1.42 cm
  8. Print length
    224 pages
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"The purest expression of ancient Greek religion we possess. Jules Cashford is attuned to the poetry of the Hymns." (Nigel Spivey, Cambridge University)

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The verses have influenced artists from the Renaissance onwards, from Botticelli to Shelley and Tennyson, Andre Gide and Stravinsky.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin; 1st edition (3 June 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140437827
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140437829
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.76 x 12.9 x 1.42 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 137 ratings

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    Homer was probably born around 725BC on the Coast of Asia Minor, now the coast of Turkey, but then really a part of Greece. Homer was the first Greek writer whose work survives.

    He was one of a long line of bards, or poets, who worked in the oral tradition. Homer and other bards of the time could recite, or chant, long epic poems. Both works attributed to Homer - The Iliad and The Odyssey - are over ten thousand lines long in the original. Homer must have had an amazing memory but was helped by the formulaic poetry style of the time.

    In The Iliad Homer sang of death and glory, of a few days in the struggle between the Greeks and the Trojans. Mortal men played out their fate under the gaze of the gods. The Odyssey is the original collection of tall traveller's tales. Odysseus, on his way home from the Trojan War, encounters all kinds of marvels from one-eyed giants to witches and beautiful temptresses. His adventures are many and memorable before he gets back to Ithaca and his faithful wife Penelope.

    We can never be certain that both these stories belonged to Homer. In fact 'Homer' may not be a real name but a kind of nickname meaning perhaps 'the hostage' or 'the blind one'. Whatever the truth of their origin, the two stories, developed around three thousand years ago, may well still be read in three thousand years' time.

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  • Cheyenne Langan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful translation!
    Reviewed in Australia on 24 February 2025
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    Clear, fluid, and enjoyable! I couldn’t figure out how to find line numbers, which was annoying but could be user error on my part.
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  • Darren W. Boyle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Made it here quicker than expected!
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    Book got here in good nick. Got here faster that date said it would.
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  • Marina
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bought for class, beats any bookstore price!
    Reviewed in the United States on 31 July 2024
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    Great for my classical studies class! Cheapest option!
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  • C. J. C.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nice translations
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2017
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    Nice collection of translations. A dip in and out kind of book
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  • A. A. Player- Mason
    5.0 out of 5 stars Homeric Hymns. Recommended strongly.
    Reviewed in the United States on 2 March 2014
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    The reason that I purchased this book was to assist with my reading and understanding of Homer, specifically, in this case, the Lattimore translation. First of all, the pleasure derived through reading the pieces is richly enhanced by a fine introduction. In many ways looking at this time in Greek history/literature is like gazing through a rather tantalising veil: much is revealed, but not enough. It is, in another simile, like putting together a fascinating jigsaw puzzle, knowing that key pieces are missing. For anyone interested in Greek mythology, Greek history, culture, or literature, this is a recommended text. I would recommend the addition of The Oxford Classical Dictionary as an invaluable assisting text, as well as works by R. Janko and N.J. Richardson.
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  • H. C.
    2.0 out of 5 stars Missing bits.
    Reviewed in the United States on 4 May 2015
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    I'm giving this edition a low rating because mine happened to have about a fifth of it missing-- which was replaced by a portion of a random Victorian novel... I don't know if other readers have bought this version and experienced this, but I'd be careful when purchasing it.
    Otherwise, I LOVED the translation-- it was beautiful.
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  • Kathleen Marie
    3.0 out of 5 stars good greek book
    Reviewed in the United States on 8 September 2014
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    some stories better than others.
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