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The Homeric hymn to Hermes : introduction, text and commentary /

"The Hymn to Hermes, while surely the most amusing of the so-called Homeric Hymns, also presents an array of challenging problems. In just 580 lines, the newborn god invents the lyre and sings a hymn to himself, travels from Cyllene to Pieria to steal Apollo's cattle, organizes a feast at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vergados, Athanassios (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]
Colección:Texte und Kommentare ; Bd. 41.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Summary of the poem
  • Music, poetry, and language
  • Humour in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes
  • Relation to archaic literature
  • Relation to other literature
  • Structure and arrangement
  • Date and place of composition
  • The transmission of the text.