The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (600s BCE?) tells the story of a brief encounter between the goddess of love and the cowherd Anchises, which led to the birth of the Trojan hero Aeneas. Less than 300 lines long, it is among the shortest of the so-called 'major Homeric Hymns', but i…
This book offers a complete text of the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite in parallel Greek and English translation, with textual commentary. Nine related minor hymns are also included.
The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (600s BCE) tells the story of a brief encounter between the goddess of love and the cowherd Anchises, which led to the birth of the Trojan hero Aeneas. Less than 300 lines long, it is among the shortest of the so-called 'major Homeric Hymns', but is…
This book offers a complete text of the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite in parallel Greek and English translation, with textual commentary. Nine related minor hymns are also included.
"Aristophanes' brilliantly inventive Thesmophoriazusae is the story of the crucial moment in a quarrel between the tragic playwright Euripides and Athens' women, who accuse him of slandering them in his plays and are holding a meeting at a secret festival to set a penalty for hi…
"Aristophanes' brilliantly inventive Thesmophoriazusae is the story of the crucial moment in a quarrel between the tragic playwright Euripides and Athens' women, who accuse him of slandering them in his plays and are holding a meeting at a secret festival to set a penalty for hi…
