The "Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite" and Related Texts : : Text, Translation and Commentary /

The "Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite" and Related Texts : : Text, Translation and Commentary / / S. Douglas Olson.

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The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (600s BCE?) tells the story of a brief encounter between the goddess of love and the cowherd Anchises, which led to the birth of the Trojan hero Aeneas. Less than 300 lines long, it is among the shortest of the so-called ‘major Homeric Hymns’. However, it is also richly...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN)
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Olson, S. Douglas,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Texte und Kommentare : Eine altertumswissenschaftliche Reihe , 39
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations and Sigla
  • Introduction
  • Critical Text and Translation
  • Hymn 5: To Aphrodite
  • Hymn 6: To Aphrodite
  • Hymn 9: To Artemis
  • Hymn 10: To Aphrodite
  • Hymn 11: To Athena
  • Hymn 12: To Hera
  • Hymn 24: To Hestia
  • Hymn 27: To Artemis
  • Hymn 28: To Athena
  • Hymn 29: To Hestia
  • Commentary
  • Hymn 5: To Aphrodite
  • Hymn 6: To Aphrodite
  • Hymn 9: To Artemis
  • Hymn 10: To Aphrodite
  • Hymn 11: To Athena
  • Hymn 12: To Hera
  • Hymn 24: To Hestia
  • Hymn 27: To Artemis
  • Hymn 28: To Athena
  • Hymn 29: To Hestia
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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