The Homeric Hymns (Focus Classical Library) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585100196 ISBN 13: 9781585100194

Publisher: Focus, 2000

Synopsis

This is a collection of the standard texts of ancient Greek which are important components of what we know about Greek myth, religion, language and culture. All of the works collectively known as the Homeric Hymns are collected and translated here in their entirety, and the work includes ample notes and an introduction to provide information on the works' historic importance, a chronological table, genealogical chart, maps of Greece and the Aegean Islands, and illustrations of vase paintings with mythological themes. This edition is part of the Focus Classical Library.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Focus Classical Library is dedicated to providing modern students with the best of Classical literature in contemporary translations with notes and introductions to provide access to the culture and context at the roots of contemporary thought.

“...an exemplary work: an admirable translation combined with up-to-date scholarship in full and lucid notes and introduction.”
—Tom Clayton, University of Minnesota

About the Author:

Susan C. Shelmerdine (Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) is Professor in the department of Classical Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her research interests include Archaic Greek Literature, Homer, Mythology, Ancient Religion, and Greek and Latin Pedagogy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Focus
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1585100196
• ISBN 13: 9781585100194
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 192