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- 2008
- year of publication
- 192
- pages
- English (United States)
- language
- Softcover
- cover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Original title
- Ὁμηρικοὶ ὕμνοι · Ancient Greek
- ISBN-13
- 978-01-9955-475-1
- EAN
- 9780199554751
- Publication date
- 2008-11-13
- Book
- Homeric Hymns · 1 edition
The publisher on this edition
The Homeric Hymns honour the Greek gods. They are called 'Homeric' because the ancients attributed them to Homer; it is now accepted that they were composed by later poets working in the same tradition. Four of them stand out by reason of their length and quality: Hymns 2-5, in honour of Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite respectively. This vol