The Homeric hymn to Hermes

by Thomas, Oliver R. H., (Oliver Robert Havelock)

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Full title :The Homeric hymn to Hermes / edited with introduction, translation, and commentary by Oliver Thomas.

Summary

The Homeric Hymn to Hermes is the longest surviving hymn from ancient 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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:grc
Publication Date:2020.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 532 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780511997792, 0511997795
oclc:on1164198298
LC Classification:PA4025.H85
Dewey Decimal:883/.01

IntroductIon -- Dating the Hymn to Hermes -- Locating the Hymn to Hermes -- Generating charis -- Influence on Later Texts -- The Manuscript Tradition and This Edition -- Sigla -- Text and translation -- Commentary.