The Homeric hymn to Demeter : translation, commentary, and interpretive essays

Author(s)

• Foley, Helene P.

Bibliographic Information

The Homeric hymn to Demeter : translation, commentary, and interpretive essays

edited by Helene P. Foley

Princeton University Press, c1994

Note

Includes a translation, the Greek text, a literary commentary, a discussion of the Eleusinian mysteries and related cults of Demeter, an introductory essay by H.P. Foley, and 5 previously published articles on the poem and related issues

Bibliography: p. [267]-281

Includes indexes

Details

• NCID: BA22609134
• ISBN:
  • 0691068437
  • 0691014795
• LCCN: 93000761
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: enggrc
• Original Language Code: grc
• Place of Publication: Princeton, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 297 p., [5] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA4023.H83
  • DC20 : 883/.01
  • DC20 : 883.01
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Hymn to Demeter
  • LCSH : Demeter (Greek mythology) in literature
  • LCSH : Demeter (Greek mythology) -- Poetry
  • LCSH : Hymns, Greek (Classical) -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Hymns, Greek (Classical) -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Eleusinian mysteries in literature
  • LCSH : Demeter (Greek deity) in literature
  • FREE : Hymn to Demeter
  • LCSH : Demeter (Greek deity) -- Poetry