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Record Nr.

UNISA996199209903316

Titolo

Homeric hymns : Homeric apocrypha ; Lives of Homer / / edited and translated by Martin L. West

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-674-99606-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Loeb Classical Library ; ; 496

Disciplina

883/.0108

Soggetti

Greek poetry

Hymns, Greek (Classical) - Translations into English

Poets, Greek

Authorship

Hymns, Greek (Classical)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

The earliest poems extant under the title Homeric Hymns date from the seventh century BCE. Comic poems in the Homeric Apocrypha include the Battle of Frogs and Mice (probably not earlier than first century CE). Lives of Homer include a version of The Contest of Homer and Hesiod that dates from the second century BCE.