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The Politics of Olympus: Form and Meaning in the Major Homeric Hymns: BCPaperbacks

Autor Jenny Strauss Clay
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 mai 2006
Jenny Strauss Clay provides a systematic & convincing reading of the four Homeric hymns as a group, & in relation to the epics of Homer & the 'Theogony' of Hesiod. She reveals unexpected subtleties & coherence, & also shows how the hymns work in combination to provide an over-arching Greek worldview.'This important and ground-breaking book provides a systematic and convincing reading of these four fascinating poems as a group, and in relation to the epics of Homer and the Theogony of Hesiod. Clay's expert and highly original analysis of the poems' narrative and thematic patterns succeeds brilliantly in demonstrating not only the unexpected subtlety and coherence of each Hymn, but also the ways in which they work in combination to provide an over-arching Greek world-view. This is by far the best book that has been written on this important body of poetry.' -- Mark Griffith, University of California, Berkeley'Though controversial in many places, this book is of great value to classicists. Its assumption that the poems have an intellectual and "theological" coherence... is welcome and will benefit those who teach the Hymns.' -- Charles Platter, Classical Outlook
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781853996924
ISBN-10: 1853996920
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 2 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:2Revizuită
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bristol Classical Press
Seria BCPaperbacks

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

A systematic and convincing reading of these four fascinating poems as a group, and in relation to the epics of Homer and the Theogony of Hesiod

Notă biografică

Jenny Strauss Clay is Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia, USA and the author of The Wrath of Athena: Gods and Men in the Odyssey (1996) and Hesiod's Cosmos (2003).

Cuprins

Preface and bibliography to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Hymn to Apollo2. Hymn to Hermes3. Hymn to Aphrodite4. Hymn to DemeterConclusion: the Hymnic MomentBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

This important and ground-breaking book provides for the first time a systematic and convincing reading of these four fascinating poems as a group, and in relation to the epics of Homer and the Theogony of Hesiod. Clay's expert and highly original analysis of the poems' narrative and thematic patterns succeeds brilliantly in demonstrating not only the unexpected subtlety and coherence of each Hymn, but also the ways in which they work in combination to provide an over-arching Greek world-view. The contested nature of divine authority, the close yet problematic relations between gods and humans, and the multiple processes of conflict and resolution among competing factions within the cosmic order, are all explored and skillfully interconnected in this highly acclaimed study - already a classic in the field. This is by far the best book that has been written on this important body of poetry.
This volume will be of permanent value for all serious students of archaic Greek literature, mythology and religion.
Though controversial in many places, this book is of great value to classicists. Its assumption that the poems have an intellectual and "theological" coherence ... is welcome and will benefit those who teach the Hymns.
This is by far the best book that has been written on this important body of poetry.

Descriere

An edition of "The Politics of Olympus", first published in the USA in 1989.