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Homeric Hymns
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Focus Item #: 00196
Author(s): Susan Shelmerdine
ISBN: 978-1-58510-019-4
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Description
This is a collection of the standard texts of ancient Greek which are important components of what we know about Greek myth, religion, language and culture. All of the works collectively known as the Homeric Hymns are collected and translated here in their entirety, and the work includes ample notes and an introduction to provide information on the works' historic importance, a chronological table, genealogical chart, maps of Greece and the Aegean Islands, and illustrations of vase paintings with mythological themes. This edition is part of the Focus Classical Library.
Market Shelmerdine's Homeric Hymns is for both introductory students and more advanced readers of early Greek poetry and classical literature.
About the AuthorSusan C. Shelmerdine (Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) is Professor and Head of the department of Classical Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her research interests include Archaic Greek Literature, Homer, Mythology, Ancient Religion, and Greek and Latin Pedagogy.
Review
“...an exemplary work: an admirable translation combined with up-to-date scholarship in full and lucid notes and introduction.”
—Tom Clayton, University of Minnesota
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