Homeric Hymns. Homeric Apocrypha. Lives of Homer by Martin L. West (English) Har

Description: Homeric Hymns. Homeric Apocrypha. Lives of Homer by Martin L. West, Homer In addition to the Homeric Hymns, this volume contains fragments of five comic poems that were connected with Homers name in or just after the Classical period, along with several ancient accounts of the poets life. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Performances of Greek epics customarily began with a hymn to a god or goddess--as Hesiods Theogony and Works and Days do. A collection of thirty-three such poems has come down to us from antiquity under the title "Hymns of Homer." This new Loeb Classical Library volume contains, in addition to the Hymns, fragments of five comic poems that were connected with Homers name in or just after the Classical period (but are not today believed to be by the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey). Here too is a collection of ancient accounts of the poets life.The Hymns range widely in length: two are over 500 lines long; several run only a half dozen lines. Among the longest are the hymn To Demeter, which tells the foundational story of the Eleusinian Mysteries; and To Hermes, distinctive in being amusing. The comic poems gathered as Homeric Apocrypha include Margites, the Battle of Frogs and Mice, and, for the first time in English, a fragment of a perhaps earlier poem of the same type called Battle of the Weasel and the Mice. The edition of Lives of Homer contains The Contest of Homer and Hesiod and nine other biographical accounts, translated into English for the first time. Martin Wests faithful and pleasing translations are fully annotated; his freshly edited texts offer new solutions to a number of textual puzzles. Author Biography Martin Litchfield West, OM, FBA (1937–2015) was Professor of Greek at the University of London and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations and Symbols Homeric Hymns Introduction Sigla and Bibliography Hymns 1. To Dionysus (fragments) 2. To Demeter 3. To Apollo 4. To Hermes 5. To Aphrodite 6. To Aphrodite 7. To Dionysus 8. To Ares 9. To Artemis 10. To Aphrodite 11. To Athena 12. To Hera 13. To Demeter 14. To the Mother of the Gods 15. To Heracles the Lionheart 16. To Asclepius 17. To the Dioscuri 18. To Hermes 19. To Pan 20. To Hephaestus 21. To Apollo 22. To Poseidon 23. To Zeus 24. To Hestia 25. To the Muses and Apollo 26. To Dionysus 27. To Artemis 28. To Athena 29. To Hestia 30. To Earth Mother of All 31. To Helios 32. To Selene 33. To the Dioscuri 32. Hymn fragment Homeric Apocrypha Introduction Sigla and Bibliography Texts Margites Cercopes Epikichlides The Battle of the Weasel and the Mice The Battle of Frogs and Mice Lives of Homer Introduction Select Bibliography Lives 1. The Contest of Homer and Hesiod 2. (Pseudo-)Herodotus, On Homers Origins, Date, and Life 3. (Pseudo-)Plutarch, On Homer (I) 4. (Pseudo-)Plutarch, On Homer (II) 5. From Proclus, Chrestomathy I 6. From Hesychius of Miletus, Index of Famous Authors 7. Anonymus I, Life of Homer (Vita Romana) 8. Anonymus II, The Lineage of Homer (Vita Scorialensis I) 9. Anonymus III (Vita Scorialensis II) 10. Appendix Romana Index to the Homeric Hymns and Apocrypha Index to the Lives of Homer Review Martin West wears his formidable learning lightly, and scholars and students of Greek religion and mythology will use this volume as a primary resource. -- Penelope Murray * Times Literary Supplement *A magnificent achievement… As one would expect of a scholar of Wests distinction these are accurate, keenly alive to each nuance of the Greek… Scholars owe a considerable debt of gratitude to West for [this] new Loeb. -- Richard Whitaker * Scholia Reviews * Review Quote [Wests] newly edited texts offer new solutions to a number of textual puzzles. Details ISBN0674996062 Short Title HOMERIC HYMNS HOMERIC APOC LIV Publisher Harvard University Press Series Loeb Classical Library Language English ISBN-10 0674996062 ISBN-13 9780674996069 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number 496 Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-04-30 Translator M.L. West Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States Translated from Greek Birth 1937 Edition New edition DOI 10.1604/9780674996069 Illustrations Index UK Release Date 2003-04-30 Imprint LOEB NZ Release Date 2003-04-30 US Release Date 2003-04-30 Author Homer Pages 480 DEWEY 881.01 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2003-04-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136260699;

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