The Homeric Hymn to Hermes
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9781107012042
- ISBN10 110701204X
- Type Book
- Pages 542
- Collection Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries #62
- Published 2020
- Language English
- Bookbinding Hard cover
Sections
Bilingual Greek ClassicsThe Homeric Hymn to Hermes
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book Details
The Homeric Hymn to Hermes is the longest surviving hymn from early Greece, our fullest source for the god Hermes, and an entertaining narrative of theft, invention, cheekiness, and learning to get along. This study contains a new text of the poem, based on advances in our understanding of its transmission, and a commentary which brings together a range of methodologies to address points of linguistic difficulty, poetic technique, and cultural background. The introduction discusses the possible context for the first performance of the hymn, and makes an original argument about the hymnist's remarkable approach to praise and to the epic tradition.
This book will therefore be an essential point of reference for students and scholars interested not only in the Hymn to Hermes but in Greek literature and religion.