The Homeric Hymns (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Homer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140437827 ISBN 13: 9780140437829

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"The purest expression of ancient Greek religion we possess. Jules Cashford is attuned to the poetry of the Hymns." (Nigel Spivey, Cambridge University)

About the Author:

Originally attributed to Homer because of their style and quality, the hymns are now thought to have been written by of a number of different poets of the 7th and 6th centuries BC.
Jules Cashford is a writer and lecturer on Mythology. She is the author of The Myth of the Goddess (Arkana, 1991) & The Myth of the Moon (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, forthcoming)
Dr Nicholas Richardson is a Fellow in English at Merton College, Oxford

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0140437827
• ISBN 13: 9780140437829
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174