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cryo_guy's review against another edition
4.0
Nice little collection of the hymns. Unfortunately the translation is pretty stale, but it'll do in a pinch. It also kind of desperately needs a slightly longer foreward and afterward to explain things, but it does at least talk a little bit about the hymns. I'm not gonna give my boy Homer a bad rating, but you should prolly go for a different edition.
Was fun to reread these, as I'm very familiar with all the stories. I also appreciated the aspect of addressing the gods this time around. And in general it was nice to review the hallmarks of Homeric poetry as found in the hymns.
Was fun to reread these, as I'm very familiar with all the stories. I also appreciated the aspect of addressing the gods this time around. And in general it was nice to review the hallmarks of Homeric poetry as found in the hymns.
zzt's review against another edition
4.0
Not easy to find but worth a read showing how interpretations have changed since the 19th century
zzt's review against another edition
4.0
Worth the double listing on the site poetry pre-dating the Iliad.
mducks's review against another edition
4.0
Not easy to find but worth a read showing how interpretations have changed since the 19th century
mducks's review against another edition
4.0
Worth the double listing on the site poetry pre-dating the Iliad.
lmurpho's review
3.0
Particularly enjoyed:
Delian Apollo:
'...She threw her arms around the palm tree
and pressed her knees into the soft meadow.
Beneath her the earth smiled.
Then the child leapt out into the light
and all the goddesses screamed.'
Pythian Apollo:
'...but if, in word or deed,
there is any vanity or arrogance
- for this is the custom of human beings -
then other men will be your masters,
and they will subdue you by force forever.
All has been told to you.
Guard it in your hearts.
IV: Hymn to Hermes
VIII: Hymn to Ares
XIX: Hymn to Pan
Delian Apollo:
'...She threw her arms around the palm tree
and pressed her knees into the soft meadow.
Beneath her the earth smiled.
Then the child leapt out into the light
and all the goddesses screamed.'
Pythian Apollo:
'...but if, in word or deed,
there is any vanity or arrogance
- for this is the custom of human beings -
then other men will be your masters,
and they will subdue you by force forever.
All has been told to you.
Guard it in your hearts.
IV: Hymn to Hermes
VIII: Hymn to Ares
XIX: Hymn to Pan
wlwkara's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
jflow's review
5.0
An excellent set of poems that mesh wonderfully with the reading of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Short and easy to digest.
mallory_minerva's review
3.0
The poems here seem to come in two varieties. The first half are the long narrative poems, which feature hundreds of lines and epic, dramatic storytelling. These poems I found to be harder to digest and get into, and were frankly less fun, but the storytelling prowess and stylistic beauty is undeniable. The second half are short hymns in the more usual sense of the word. These I found to be fun little poems. Overall this is to classical poetry what Kronos is to the Hellenic pantheon but I can't say its one of my favorites.