| The Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays Contributor(s): Foley, Helene P. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0691014795 ISBN-13: 9780691014791 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $48.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1993 Annotation: Over the decade of the 1980s, the traditional Western canon has been subject to ardent defense and criticism. The privileging of the works of upper-class, Western, white males in standard introductory humanities courses across the United States has been at the center of controversity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Literary Criticism | Poetry - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 883.01 |
| LCCN: 93000761 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.1" W x 9.24" (0.98 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Helene Foley presents the Greek text and an annotated translation of this poem, together with selected essays that give the reader a rich understanding of the Hymn's structure and artistry, its role in the religious life of the ancient world, and its meaning for the modern world. |
