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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226329658

ISBN-139780226329659

eBay Product ID (ePID)30754983

Product Key Features

Book TitleWorks of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns

Number of Pages230 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicFolklore & Mythology, General, Ancient & Classical

IllustratorYes

GenrePoetry, Social Science, Literary Collections

AuthorHesiod

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight11.3 Oz

Item Length0.8 in

Item Width0.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2004-008778

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal881/.01

Table Of ContentIntroduction Hesiod's Works Works and Days Theogony The Homeric Hymns The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice Index

SynopsisWinner of the 2005 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets. In Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns , highly acclaimed poet and translator Daryl Hine brings to life the words of Hesiod and the world of Archaic Greece. While most available versions of these early Greek writings are rendered in prose, Hine's illuminating translations represent these early classics as they originally appeared, in verse. Since prose was not invented as a literary medium until well after Hesiod's time, presenting these works as poems more closely approximates not only the mechanics but also the melody of the originals. This volume includes Hesiod's Works and Days and Theogony , two of the oldest non-Homeric poems to survive from antiquity. Works and Days is in part a farmer's almanac--filled with cautionary tales and advice for managing harvests and maintaining a good work ethic--and Theogony is the earliest comprehensive account of classical mythology--including the names and genealogies of the gods (and giants and monsters) of Olympus, the sea, and the underworld. Hine brings out Hesiod's unmistakable personality; Hesiod's tales of his escapades and his gritty and persuasive voice not only give us a sense of the author's own character but also offer up a rare glimpse of the everyday life of ordinary people in the eighth century BCE. In contrast, the Homeric Hymns are more distant in that they depict aristocratic life in a polished tone that reveals nothing of the narrators' personalities. These hymns (so named because they address the deities in short invocations at the beginning and end of each) are some of the earliest examples of epyllia , or short stories in the epic manner in Greek. This volume unites Hine's skillful translations of the Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns--along with Hine's rendering of the mock-Homeric epic The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice --in a stunning pairing of these masterful classics.

LC Classification NumberPA4010.E5 2004