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The Homeric Hymn to Hermes is the longest surviving hymn from ancient Greece, our fullest source for the god Hermes, and an entertaining narrative of theft, invention, cheekiness, and learning to get along. This study contains a new text of the poem, based on advances in our understanding of its transmission, and a commentary which brings together a range of methodologies to address points of linguistic difficulty, poetic technique, and cultural background. The introduction discusses the possible context for the first performance of the hymn, and makes an original argument about the hymnist's remarkable approach to praise and to the epic tradition. This book will therefore be an essential point of reference for students and scholars interested not only in the Hymn to Hermes but in Greek literature and religion
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monografia Rebiun26461080 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun26461080 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110112s2020||||enk o ||1 0|eng|d 9780511997792 9781107012042 CBUC 991010753902606709 UkCbUP eng UkCbUP UNAV grc eng grc 883/.01 23 The Homeric hymn to Hermes Recurso electrónico] edited with introduction, translation, and commentary by Oliver Thomas Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2020 Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1 recurso electrónico (x, 532 p.) 1 recurso electrónico (x, 532 p.) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia. online resource cr rdacarrier. CUP ebooks Cambridge classical texts and commentaries 62 IntroductIon -- Dating the Hymn to Hermes -- Locating the Hymn to Hermes -- Generating charis -- Influence on Later Texts -- The Manuscript Tradition and This Edition -- Sigla -- Text and translation -- Commentary The Homeric Hymn to Hermes is the longest surviving hymn from ancient Greece, our fullest source for the god Hermes, and an entertaining narrative of theft, invention, cheekiness, and learning to get along. This study contains a new text of the poem, based on advances in our understanding of its transmission, and a commentary which brings together a range of methodologies to address points of linguistic difficulty, poetic technique, and cultural background. The introduction discusses the possible context for the first performance of the hymn, and makes an original argument about the hymnist's remarkable approach to praise and to the epic tradition. This book will therefore be an essential point of reference for students and scholars interested not only in the Hymn to Hermes but in Greek literature and religion Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Thomas, Oliver Robert Havelock 1982-) editor