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UNINA9910826321303321 |
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Autore |
Olson S. Douglas |
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Titolo |
The "Homeric hymn to Aphrodite" and related texts : text, translation and commentary / / by S. Douglas Olson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berlin, : de Gruyter, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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9786613940292 |
3-11-026074-3 |
1-283-62784-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Collana |
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Texte und Kommentare : eine altertumswissenschaftliche Reihe, , 0563-3087 ; ; Bd. 39 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Anchises, Aeneas, and the Aeneidae -- Date of composition -- Poetic affiliations of the Homeric hymn to Aphrodite -- Aphrodite and sexuality -- The metrics of the Homeric hymn to Aphrodite -- Textual transmission -- Critical text and translation: Hymn 5: to Aphrodite -- Hymn 6: to Aphrodite -- Hymn 9: to Artemis -- Hymn 10: to Aphrodite -- Hymn 11: to Athena -- Hymn 12: to Hera -- Hymn 24: to Hestia -- Hymn 27: to Artemis -- Hymn 28: to Athena -- Hymn 29: to Hestia -- Commentary: Hymn 5: to Aphrodite -- Hymn 6: to Aphrodite -- Hymn 9: to Artemis -- Hymn 10: to Aphrodite -- Hymn 11: to Athena -- Hymn 12: to Hera -- Hymn 24: to Hestia -- Hymn 27: to Artemis -- Hymn 28: to Athena -- Hymn 29: to Hestia. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (600s BCE?) tells the story of a brief encounter between the goddess of love and the cowherd Anchises, which led to the birth of the Trojan hero Aeneas. Less than 300 lines long, it is among the shortest of the so-called ‘major Homeric Hymns’. However, it is also richly and beautifully conceived and narrated, and of enormous importance for the Greek mythology and the history of Greek religion. Olson offers a complete new text of the poem and of ten related ‘minor Hymns’, based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a full critical apparatus; and a translation. The work is completed by a substantial introduction, which treats inter alia the |
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