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The Homeric hymn to Demeter : translation, commentary, and interpretive essays /

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Foley, Helene P., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1994]
Colección:Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Text and Translation of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
  • Commentary on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
  • Background: The Eleusinian Mysteries and Women's Rites for Demeter
  • Interpreting the Hymn to Demeter
  • The "Theology" of the Mysteries
  • Variants of the Myth and the Importance of the Version in the Hymn to Demeter
  • Female Experience in the Hymn to Demeter
  • Marriage
  • Gender Conflict and the Cosmological Tradition
  • The Mother/Daughter Romance
  • The Psychology of the Mysteries
  • The Hymn to Demeter and the Polis
  • Christianity and the Hymn to Demeter
  • The Influence of the Hymn to Demeter and Its Myth.