The Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation, Commentary and Interpretive Essays by Helene P. Foley

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation, Commentary and Interpretive Essays

Helene P. Foley

313 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late 7th or early 6th century BCE, reflects on the psychological & religious world of ancient Greek women. It tells how Hades abducted Persephone & how her mother, the grain goddess Demeter, for...

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