The Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation, Commentary and Interpretive Essays (Mythos (Paperback)) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Homeric Hymn to Demeter Includes a poem that tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year.
Full description- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Published: 29 November 1993
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets | Myth & Legend Told As Fiction | Gender Studies: Women | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780691014791 ISBN 10: 0691014795
- Sales rank: 1,314,121
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Full description for The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
"The Homeric Hymn to Demeter", composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Helene Foley presents the Greek text and an annotated translation of this poem, together with selected essays that give the reader a rich understanding of the Hymn's structure and artistry, its role in the religious life of the ancient world, and its meaning for the modern world.
